Bengaluru, July 6 -- A Commercial Court in Bengaluru has returned the plaint filed by Singapore-based construction company Lee Kim Tah Pte Ltd (LKT) against Yong Tiam Yoon and Yong Kon Yoon, nominee directors of L&W Construction Private Limited, holding that the dispute does not qualify as a "commercial dispute" under the Commercial Courts Act, 2015.

The Court held that it lacked subject-matter jurisdiction to entertain the suit and directed that the plaint, along with all documents, be returned to the plaintiff for presentation before the appropriate jurisdictional forum in accordance with law. It also vacated the interim ex parte order passed on May 2.

LKT had instituted the suit alleging that the two nominee directors failed to disch...