- 1 - HC-KAR NC: 2026:KHC:3820 WP No. 1342 of 2026 IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BENGALURU DATED THIS THE 22ND DAY OF JANUARY, 2026 BEFORE THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE S.R.KRISHNA KUMAR WRIT PETITION NO. 1342 OF 2026 (GM-CPC) BETWEEN: 1. MR. ANIRUDH PUTSALA SON OF PRASADA RAO PUTSALA, 303, SRI LAKSHMI VENKATESHWARA PG, NO.1723 1ST MAIN, 6TH CROSS, SANJEEVINI NAGAR, KODIGEHALLI MAIN ROAD, BENGALURU – 560 092 2. M/S. LENVIZ TECHNOLOGIES PRIVATE LIMITED A COMPANY REGISTERED UNDER THE COMPANIES ACT, 2013 HAVING ITS REGISTERED OFFICE AT L-58, SECTOR-11, NOIDA, GAUTAM BUDDHA NAGAR, UTTAR PRADESH – 201 301 ALSO AT: GNEC-IIT ROORKEE, PLOT NO.20, KNOWLEDGE PARK II, GREATER NOIDA, UTTAR PRADESH – 201 310 REPRESENTED BY ITS DIRECTOR MR. PRABHAT SHARMA 3. MR. PRABHAT SHARMA SON OF SHISHU PAL SHARMA, AGED ABOUT 49 YEARS, DIRECTOR, LENVIZ TECHNOLOGIES PRIVATE LIMITED, L-58, SECTOR-11, NOIDA, GAUTAM BUDDHA NAGAR, UTTAR PRADESH – 201 301 ALSO AT GNEC-IIT ROORKEE, PLOT NO.20, KNOWLEDGE PARK II, GREATER NOIDA, UTTAR PRADESH – 201 310 Digitally signed by CHANDANA B M Location: High Court of Karnataka - 2 - HC-KAR NC: 2026:KHC:3820 WP No. 1342 of 2026 ALSO AT B2/510, TOWER 11, SILVER CITY, SECTOR 93, NOIDA, UTTAR PRADESH – 201 310 4. MR. AKASH PATIL SON OF MADHUKAR PATIL, FLAT NO. A031, VAJRAM ELINA, R.K. HEGDE NAGAR, BENGALURU, KARNATAKA – 560 064. ALSO AT: FLAT NO.1, ANUJ HEIGHTS, PURNANAGAR, CHINCHWAD, PUNE – 411 019 …PETITIONERS (BY SRI. DHANANJAY JOSHI, SENIOR COUNSEL FOR SMT. KAVITHA DAMODARAN, ADVOCATE) AND: NEWSPACE RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGIES PRIVATE LIMITED A COMPANY REGISTERED UNDER THE COMPANIES ACT, 2013, HAVING ITS OFFICE AT 2385, 1ST FLOOR, 60 FEET ROAD, SAHAKARNAGAR, BENGALURU, KARNATAKA – 560 092 REPRESENTED BY ITS DIRECTOR, MR SAMEER JOSHI …RESPONDENT THIS W.P. IS FILED UNDER ARTICLES 226 AND 227 OF CONSTITUTION OF INDIA PRAYING TO SET-ASIDE THE ORDER DATED 05.01.2026 PASSED BY THE HON’BLE XIX ADDITIONAL CITY CIVIL AND SESSIONS JUDGE, BENGALURU IN O.S.NO.8367/2024 (ANNEXURE-A) AND ETC., THIS PETITION, COMING ON FOR PRELIMINARY HEARING, THIS DAY, ORDER WAS MADE THEREIN AS UNDER: CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE S.R.KRISHNA KUMAR - 3 - HC-KAR NC: 2026:KHC:3820 WP No. 1342 of 2026 ORAL ORDER In this petition, petitioners seek the following reliefs: “a) Set aside the order dated 05.01.2026 passed by the Hon’ble XIX Additional City Civil and Sessions Judge, Bengaluru in O.S.No.8367/2024. (Annexure-A). b) Issue a Writ of Mandamus directing the Hon’ble XIX Additional City Civil and Sessions Judge, Bengaluru, to consider the I.A.No.VIII filed by the petitioners under Order VII Rule 10 in O.S.No.8367/2024 on 18.08.2025 (Annexure-E). c) Pass such other orders/ or direction as this Hon’ble Court may deem fit and proper in the facts and circumstances of the case.” 2. Heard learned Senior Counsel for the petitioners and perused the material on record. For the order proposed, service of notice to respondent is dispensed with. 3. After arguing the matter for sometime, learned Senior Counsel on instructions submits that since the request of the respondent-plaintiff for substitution of the Court Commissioner has not been considered by the trial Court, which has adjourned the matter to 30.01.2026, by keeping I.A.No.8 pending, the present petition may be disposed of reserving liberty in favour of the petitioners as well as the respondent to put forth their respective contentions on the request made by the respondent for substitution - 4 - HC-KAR NC: 2026:KHC:3820 WP No. 1342 of 2026 of the Court Commissioner and pass appropriate orders on the said request as expeditiously as possible. 4. The aforesaid submission is placed on record. 5. Accordingly, the petition is hereby disposed of as withdrawn reserving liberty in favour of the petitioners to request the trial Court to pass appropriate orders on the request made by the respondent on 05.01.2026 for substitution of the Court Commissioner. The trial Court before whom the respondent has made a request for substitution of the Court Commissioner shall hear both sides on the said request and pass appropriate orders on the said request as expeditiously as possible and in accordance with law. 6. Subject to the aforesaid directions and liberty reserved in favour of the petitioners, petition stands disposed of as withdrawn. Sd/- (S.R.KRISHNA KUMAR) JUDGE MDS List No.: 1 Sl No.: 22