The Statesman Limited vs Merlin Projects Ltd. And Anr
2026 Latest Caselaw 524 Cal/2

Calcutta High Court

The Statesman Limited vs Merlin Projects Ltd. And Anr on 4 February, 2026

  OD-14


                            ORDER SHEET
                   IN THE HIGH COURT AT CALCUTTA
                 ORDINARY ORIGINAL CIVIL JURISDICTION
                            ORIGINAL SIDE

                         CS-COM/108/2025
        IA NO: GA-COM/1/2025, GA-COM/3/2026, GA-COM/4/2026

                         THE STATESMAN LIMITED
                                  VS
                      MERLIN PROJECTS LTD. AND ANR.



  BEFORE:
  The Hon'ble JUSTICE ANANYA BANDYOPADHYAY
  Date : 04TH FEBRUARY, 2026.

                                                                             Appearance:
                                                         Mr. Suman Kumar Dutt, Sr. Adv.
                                                                   Mr. Sakabda Roy, Adv.
                                                       Mr. Dipranjan Mukhopadhyay, Adv.
                                                               Mr. Sourth Nath Dutt, Adv.
                                                                  Mr. Souvik Ghosh, Adv.
                                                                        ... for the plaintiff

                                                               Mr. Abhrajit Mitra, Sr. Adv.
                                                          Mr. Jishnu Chowdhury, Sr. Adv.
                                                                Mr. Rajshree Kajaria, Adv.
                                                         Mr. Satadeep Bhattacharyya, Adv.
                                                                  Mr. Uttam Sharma, Adv.
                                                                         Mr. S. Mitra, Adv.
                                                                     Mr. A. Tarafdar, Adv.
                                                                  ... for the defendant no.1

                                                            Mr. S. N. Moodherjee, Sr. Adv.
                                                            Mr. Ratnanko Banerji, Sr. Adv.
                                                                 Mr. Anirban Ray, Sr. Adv.
                                                                Mr. Kanishk Kejriwal, Adv.
                                                                 Mr. Dhruv Chaddha, Adv.
                                                                          Mr. A. Ray, Adv.
                                                                      Mr. K. Hussain, Adv.
                                                                ... for the respondent no.2

The Court : The Learned Senior Advocate representing the Defendant

No. 1 has filed an application under Section 8 of the Arbitration & Conciliation

Act being GA/4/2026.

The Learned Senior Advocate representing the Plaintiff intends to file

affidavit-in-opposition by 6th February, 2026 and the same is allowed. A copy of

the same has to be served upon the Learned Advocate representing the

respective defendants in advance.

Affidavit-in-Reply is to be filed by 9 th February, 2026.

Next date be fixed on 12th February, 2026 for hearing of GA/3/2026

along with GA/4/2026.

The Learned Senior Advocate representing the Plaintiff expresses his

apprehension that the suit property can be subjected to third party interest

being created and further encumbered with. However, this Court is of the

opinion that GA/3/2026 and GA/4/2026 shall be heard together.

(ANANYA BANDYOPADHYAY, J.)

A Dey