ANURAG AVULA & Anor v MATCHMOVE PAY PTE LTD

[2026] SGHC 123 High Court (General Division) 10 June 2026 • HC/OA 349/2026 ( HC/SUM 1439/2026 ) • 28 min read
18 cases cited (11 SG, 7 foreign) Cited by 1 case

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Key facts

Court High Court (General Division)
Decided
Judge Low Siew Ling
Charges / claim Civil Procedure
Counsel Nicholas & Tan Partnership LLP, Withers KhattarWong LLP, Nicholas Jeyaraj s/o Narayanan, Pardeep Singh Khosa, Sivanathan Jheevanesh

Source: [2026] SGHC 123, High Court (General Division), decided — eLitigation. Updated .

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Parties (3)

Case Significance

Anurag Avula and another v MatchMove Pay Pte Ltd [2026] SGHC 123 is a General Division of the High Court decision delivered by Low Siew Ling JC on 10 June 2026, following a hearing on 2 June 2026, in Originating Application No 349 of 2026 (Summons No 1439 of 2026). The claimants, Anurag Avula and Lim Yen Ti, founders and former shareholders of e-commerce company Shopmatic Holdings Pte Ltd, resisted the defendant MatchMove Pay Pte Ltd's application to seal the entire case file on grounds that the claimants' supporting affidavit dated 30 March 2026 contained confidential and commercially sensitive information; Low Siew Ling JC dismissed the application to seal the whole file but ordered the affidavit itself sealed, with a redacted version to be made available for public inspection. The judgment cites 18 authorities (11 Singapore, 7 foreign) and the Supreme Court of Judicature Act, and has been cited once by a later case.

[2026] SGHC 123 explained

ANURAG AVULA & Anor v MATCHMOVE PAY PTE LTD ([2026] SGHC 123) is a Singapore judgment decided by the High Court (General Division) on 10 June 2026. It is categorised under Civil Procedure. Within this corpus it has since been cited by 1 other reported Singapore judgment, a measure of how often later decisions have referred to it. This page summarises what the reported decision covers and links the primary sources — the full judgment, the statutes it cites, and the other cases it engages with — so the decision can be read in context. It is reference information, not legal advice, and it does not state the outcome or any holding beyond what the official judgment records.

What is [2026] SGHC 123 about?

ANURAG AVULA & Anor v MATCHMOVE PAY PTE LTD ([2026] SGHC 123) is a High Court (General Division) decision from 2026. Its published catchwords are “Civil Procedure — Judgments and orders — Sealing and redaction orders — Redaction of commercially sensitive information”, which indicate the subject matter the judgment addresses. The full reasoning and orders are in the judgment itself, linked below.

Which legislation does [2026] SGHC 123 consider?

The judgment refers to Supreme Court of Judicature Act (Cap 322). The statutes cited are listed in full on this page, each linking to its primary text.

How influential is [2026] SGHC 123?

Within this corpus, [2026] SGHC 123 has been cited by 1 later reported Singapore judgment. That count reflects references from other decisions held in this corpus only and is a conservative lower bound on how often the case has actually been cited.

What did the court order regarding the claimants' affidavit in the MatchMove Pay sealing application ([2026] SGHC 123)?

In Anurag Avula and another v MatchMove Pay Pte Ltd [2026] SGHC 123, Low Siew Ling JC dismissed the application to seal the entire case file but ordered the claimants' supporting affidavit dated 30 March 2026 sealed, requiring a redacted version for public inspection.

Statutes Cited

Cases Cited (18)

SG (2)
[2020] SGHC 128 [2020] SGHC 40
SLR (9)
[2013] 4 SLR 947 [2015] 5 SLR 522 [2016] 5 SLR 755 [2019] 2 SLR 808 [2020] 5 SLR 894 [2022] 4 SLR 1133 [2022] 5 SLR 896 [2023] 4 SLR 1100 [2025] 3 SLR 762
UK (2)
[1924] 1 KB 256 [2005] 1 AC 253
AU (5)
[2009] FCA 1011 [2010] FCA 1082 [2018] FCA 17 [2020] FCA 193 [2020] FCAFC 235

Cited By (1)

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Judgment

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Source: eLitigation ([2026] SGHC 123)