1/2 902-IA-6090-2025.DOC IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY ORDINARY ORIGINAL CIVIL JURISDICTION INTERIM APPLICATION NO. 6090 OF 2025 IN SUIT NO. 18 OF 2025 People Interactive (India) Pvt. Ltd. ...Applicant In the matter between: People Interactive (India) Pvt. Ltd. ...Plaintiff Versus Nibha Singh & Ors. ...Defendants _______ Ms. Letishiya Chaturvedi i/b Veritas Legal for the Applicant/Plaintiff. Mr. Abhishek Mookherjee i/b Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas for Defendant No.3. Mr. Alankar Kirpekar a/w Mr. Ayush Tiwari i/b Mr. Shekhar S Bhagat & Ms. Neelaja Kirpekar for Defendant No.4. _______ CORAM : ARIF S. DOCTOR, J. DATE : 18 th SEPTEMBER, 2026 P.C. 1. This is an Application for substituted service. 2. Having due regard to what has been set out in the Interim Application and having noted the three previous attempts made by the Applicant to serve Defendant Nos. 1 and 2, I am satisfied that the said Defendants appear to be evading service. I am, therefore, inclined to allow this Application for substituted service. 3. The Interim Application is accordingly allowed in terms of prayer clause Areeb MOHAMMAD AREEB MOHD AKBAR Digitally signed by MOHAMMAD AREEB MOHD AKBAR Date: 2026.09.19 12:00:06 +0530 2/2 902-IA-6090-2025.DOC ‘a’, which reads thus: “a. Pass an order permitting substituted service of the writ of summons to Defendant Nos. 1 and 2 by an advertisement in a newspaper circulating in the locality in which Defendant Nos. 1 and 2 were last known to have actually and voluntarily carried on business and worked for gain;” 4. The Interim Application is accordingly disposed of. [ARIF S. DOCTOR, J.] Areeb