Bombay High Court

SUBHASH DEOCHAND AMBEKARversusS J SATHE DEAD THR LRS B S AMDEKAR THR N S SATHE THR LRS P N SATHE AND ORS

Disposal: DISPOSED OFF
Bench: SANJAY A DESHMUKH

Holding

The death of the applicant abates the civil revision application, leading to its disposal along with any pending civil applications.

Summary

The petitioner, Subhash Deochand Ambekar, filed a civil revision application which was pending when the applicant died on 23-12-2024. The petitioner’s counsel produced a death certificate and noted that there was no response from the deceased’s legal representatives. The court held that the death of the applicant caused the application to abate. Consequently, the civil revision application was disposed of. The court also ordered the disposal of all pending civil applications linked to the matter.

Issues considered

Does the death of an applicant abate a pending civil revision application?
Can pending civil applications be disposed of on account of the applicant's death?

Subjects

death of party
abatement
civil revision
disposal of applications

Judgment

                                                             cra114.15
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       IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY
                   BENCH AT AURANGABAD

       904 CIVIL REVISION APPLICATION NO. 114 OF 2015
                            WITH
             CIVIL APPLICATION NO. 1575 OF 2017
                            WITH
             CIVIL APPLICATION NO. 4065 OF 2023

                   Subhash Deochand Ambekar
                               VERSUS
 Late Shrikrishna Jagannath Sathe Dead Through Lrs Bhagyashree
                         Shrikant And Others
                                   ...
Advocate for the Petitioner : Mr. M.M. Bhokarikar
Advocate for Respondents : Mr. P.S. Shendurnikar
                                   …..

                     CORAM : SANJAY A. DESHMUKH, J.
                     DATED : 6th AUGUST, 2026

PER COURT :-


1.        The applicant died on 23.12.2024. Learned advocate for the

applicant has produced a copy of the death certificate, which is taken

on record and marked "X" for identification. He submitted that there

has been no response from the legal representatives of the deceased

applicant. Therefore, the application is abated. In view of the

abatement caused by the death of the applicant, the civil revision

application is disposed of.


2.        Pending civil applications are also disposed of.



                                   (SANJAY A. DESHMUKH, J.)

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