(1.) Heard Shri Apoorva Tewari, learned counsel for the appellant and Shri Gaurav Mehrotra, learned counsel for the respondent.
(2.) The appeal in question was admitted vide order dtd. 22/4/2025, wherein the following three questions of law were framed by the Court while admitting the appeals and the same is recorded herein-under:
(3.) Learned counsel for the appellant argues that question No. 2 has been framed with regard to the jurisdiction is a contentious issue and can be decided. He, however, suggests that even if, the Court decides the question No. 2 in favour of the appellant and against the respondent, this Court should still go into the other two questions to avoid any multiplicity and future course of liti-gation as the litigation is old one and would bring unnecessary misery on the parties in view of the pendency.