https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=465221 A personal loan claim with interest does not become a commercial dispute merely because interest is charged. The Delhi High Court applied Section 2(1)(c) of the Commercial Courts Act, 2015 and held that clause (i) covers transactions in the ordinary course of merchants, bankers, financiers or traders, typically involving mercantile documents. Here, the loan was advanced from personal funds, was not shown to arise in the ordinary course of financing business, and lacked the mercantile character required for commercial jurisdiction. The plaint was therefore liable to rejection under Order VII Rule 11 CPC, and the suit was not maintainable as a commercial suit. en-us Tue, 18 Mar 2025 00:00:00 +0530 Thu, 11 Dec 2025 20:42:46 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=465221 A personal loan claim with interest does not become a commercial dispute merely because interest is charged. The Delhi High Court applied Section 2(1)(c) of the Commercial Courts Act, 2015 and held that clause (i) covers transactions in the ordinary course of merchants, bankers, financiers or traders, typically involving mercantile documents. Here, the loan was advanced from personal funds, was not shown to arise in the ordinary course of financing business, and lacked the mercantile character required for commercial jurisdiction. The plaint was therefore liable to rejection under Order VII Rule 11 CPC, and the suit was not maintainable as a commercial suit. Case-Laws Indian Laws Tue, 18 Mar 2025 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=465221