SATBIR SINGH vs ANURADHA KUMAR — 456/2025

Case Summary: 456/2025 Outcome: All five applications filed by defendants under Order VII Rule 11 CPC have been dismissed. Satbir Singh sued five defendants (Anuradha Kumar, Rajesh Kumar, Hemant Kumar, and two others) for Rs. 35 lacs, alleging cheating and misappropriation of funds from their joint homestay business "The Orchard." Defendants argued the dispute should be referred to arbitration per an arbitration clause in the partnership deed and that non-signatory defendants cannot be parties. The court ruled the suit involves cheating/breach of trust claims lying outside the arbitration agreement's scope and implicates non-parties to the deed, rendering arbitration referral inapplicable. The case is listed for further proceedings on 02.06.2026. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.