As per the case facts the Commercial Appellate Division of the High Court reversed a Commercial Division Single Bench order that had added a new party as a defendant in ... an admiralty suit This reversal led to an appeal to the Supreme Court The question arose whether an appeal can be made to the Commercial Appellate Division of the High Court from an order by the Commercial Division Single Bench concerning the addition of a party in an admiralty suit governed by the Admiralty Act and if all interim orders under the Admiralty Act are subject to appeal Finally the Supreme Court allowed the appeals setting aside the Division Bench's judgment The Court ruled that an appeal does not lie to the Commercial Appellate Division from a Single Bench's order regarding the addition of a party in an admiralty suit under the Admiralty Act It clarified that broadly interpreting interim order to allow appeals from all such orders would excessively prolong trials and final resolutions

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