Supreme Court Of India Holds That A Party Cannot Take Defence Of Evidence Being Voluminous For Belated Production Of Evidence.

The Supreme Court through its judgement dated 09.07.2026 in the matter of M/s Levitate Mobile Technologies Private Limited v M/s Standard Chartered Bank & Another¹ held that the Commercial Courts Act 2015 (“Commercial Courts Act”) is meant for expeditious disposal of commercial disputes and belated production of evidence, cannot water down the statutory intent and rigours of the Commercial Courts Act.

The Supreme Court observed that it is a well-established principle that while leading evidence, it is expected not only to produce all the documents but also to properly anticipate the questions that may be put to the witnesses by the other side. The Supreme Court inter-alia observed that belated production of documents cannot be countenanced on the grounds that the documents could not be produced due to the voluminous nature of such documents.

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^{1 2026 SCC OnLine SC 1300}

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