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Commercial Dispute

A dispute of a commercial nature above a specified value, triable by a designated Commercial Court.

Detailed Meaning

A commercial dispute covers matters such as ordinary transactions of merchants, trade financing, intellectual property, and shareholder/partnership disputes among others, and is routed to specially constituted Commercial Courts or Commercial Divisions where the specified value threshold is met, subject to a stricter, more time-bound procedure than an ordinary civil suit.

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