Court extends enjoining orders against Dialog, Nawaloka in eChanneling cases

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The Commercial High Court yesterday extended the enjoining orders issued on 13 August on Dialog Axiata Plc and Nawaloka Hospitals Plc in the cases filed by eChanneling Plc.

The original enjoining order was until 27 August and the cases were heard before Commercial High Court Colombo Judge E. A. G. R. Amarasekera yesterday.

Dialog Axiata Plc, which was represented by Counsel A. Rodrigo instructed by FJ&G De Saram, filed motions and sought a vacation of the enjoining order issued. This was resisted by E-Channelling Plc. After hearing from both parties, Jude Amarasekera reserved the order and further extended enjoining orders already obtained by E-Channelling Plc until 2 October 2015.

In the case against Dialog Axiata, counsel representing E-Channelling Plc was Nigel Hatch Esq. P. C. with Ms. Siroshni Illangage and Ms. Nithya Kumaraswamy, instructed by Wijesinghe Associates

When the case against Nawaloka Hospitals Plc came up, Nithi Murugesu & Associates, on behalf of Nawloka Hospitals Plc, requested to move for a date for filing a Statement of Objection. The High Court judge granted the defendant a date to file an objection and further extended enjoining orders already obtained by E-Channelling Plc against Nawaloka Hospitals Plc until 16 September 2015.

Counsel representing E-Channelling Plc in the case against Nawaloka Plc are Nigel Hatch Esq. P. C. with Ms. Siroshni Illangage and Ms. Nithya Kumaraswamy instructed by Indunil Bandara.

The enjoining order against Dialog was preventing the latter from utilising confidential information supplied by E-Chanelling to develop and/or commercially launch a rival IT system for customers and/or the public to channel doctors and/or medical professionals through their mobile telephones pending the final hearing and determination of the application for the interim injunction.

The order against Nawaloka Hospitals Plc was restraining the latter from engaging and/or entering into any agreement and/or conducting any business and/or investing and/or having any interest directly or indirectly with any third party in any project or program to obtain services similar or identical to that which E-Channelling provides to the hospital under the agreement dated 4 October 2013, pending the final hearing and determination of the application for the interim injunction.