Mohit Saraf and legal representatives of Rajiv Luthra have settled their disputes: Delhi High Court told

The legal representatives of Luthra & Luthra Founder Rajiv Luthra and the firm's former Senior Partner Mohit Saraf have settled their disputes, the Delhi High Court has been informed..Counsel for the two parties appeared before Justice Prateek Jalan on May 10 and said that since the disputes have been resolved, they want to withdraw the petitions. May 10 marks one year from the date of Luthra's passing."Parties were referred to mediation by order dated 08.01.2024. The learned Mediator has filed a report dated 06.05.2024 stating that the parties have settled all their disputes and have desired, in the interest of confidentiality, that the settlement agreement be retained by the learned Mediator alone," the Court recorded in its order.It added,"In view of the above, learned counsel for the petitioner seeks permission to withdraw these petitions. The petitions, alongwith all pending applications, are dismissed as withdrawn. The Court records its gratitude to the learned Mediator for his efforts and appreciates the cooperation of the parties in closing these disputes.".Former Supreme Court judge Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul was appointed as mediator in the case..The dispute between the two sides went to court after Saraf was removed from the Luthra & Luthra partnership in October 2020.Initially, Senior Advocate Harish Salve had agreed to mediate between Luthra and Saraf. The same, however, failed to bear fruit. An earlier attempt to settle the matter through mediation had also failed.This was followed by several more rounds of litigation, arbitration and mediation..Advocate Syamantak Sen appeared for Mohit Saraf.Senior Advocates Saurabh Kirpal and Haripriya Padmanabhan, along with Advocates Pooja Dhar, Zeeshan Diwan, Sulabh Rewari, Swathi Sukumar, Shrutanjaya Bhardwaj and Trisha Chandran represented the legal reprsentatives of Rajiv Luthra..[Read Order]