The case involves a dispute between Assam Small Scale Industries Development Corporation Ltd. (the appellant) and M/s. J.D. Pharmaceuticals (the respondent) regarding the payment for supplies made under the Assam ... Preferential Stores Purchase Act, 1989. The respondent supplied medicines to the Corporation, which failed to make full payments, leading to a lawsuit for the recovery of the outstanding amount along with interest. The case involves a dispute between Iridium India Telecom Ltd. (the appellant) and Motorola Inc. (the respondent) regarding the applicability of the amended provisions of Order VIII Rule 1 of the CPC to suits filed on the Original Side of the High Court of Bombay. The High Court ruled that such suits would continue to be governed by the Original Side Rules, leading to the present appeal.