A division bench of Supreme Court held as follows,
NIC Ltd Vs MS NBCI Ltd and Ors on 12 Sep 2023On behalf of the petitioner, it has been urged that the provision of Order V Rule 2 of the Code of Civil Procedure requires service of summons with
plaint.
We accept the petitioner’s argument on the legal proposition that service contemplated in terms of Order V Rule 2 of the Code would imply service of summons along with the copy of the plaint.