Bombay High Court

SMITA SACHIN KHEDKAR AND OTHERSversusTHE RELIANCE GENERAL INSURANCE CO. LTD., THR ITS BRANCH MANAGER, AURANGABAD AND ORS

Disposal: Admitted/Allowed/Granted/Rule Absolute

Holding

The application is allowed and a notice to respondent No.3 shall be issued by paper proclamation, returnable on 28 September 2026.

Summary

In a civil application filed by Smita Sachin Khedkar and others against Reliance General Insurance Co. Ltd., the Bombay High Court, Aurangabad Bench, considered the request to issue a notice to respondent No.3 by way of paper proclamation. The court, after hearing the parties, allowed the application in accordance with prayer clause (b). Consequently, it directed that a notice be issued to respondent No.3, to be returnable on 28 September 2026. No substantive factual dispute or detailed reasoning is recorded in the excerpt. The order reflects the court’s procedural discretion to enforce service of notice by proclamation where necessary.

Issues considered

Whether the court may issue a notice to respondent No.3 by way of paper proclamation

Subjects

civil procedure
notice by proclamation
application
high court order

Judgment

2026:BHC-AUG:38342



                        IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE OF BOMBAY
                                    BENCH AT AURANGABAD


                               CIVIL APPLICATION NO. 7267 OF 2025
                                         IN FA/1484/2022


                                   Smita Sachin Khedkar And Ors.

                                               VERSUS

                          The Reliance General Insurance Co. Ltd. And Ors.

                                               .......
            Mr. S.S. Rathi, Advocate for applicants
            Mr. Swapnil Patil, Advocate for R.No.1.
                                               ....…

                                       CORAM : SACHIN S. DESHMUKH, J.
                                       DATE      : 24th AUGUST, 2026

            PER COURT :


                     Heard. For the reasons stated in the application, the application is
            allowed in terms of prayer clause (b). Notice be issued to respondent
            No.3 by way of paper proclamation, returnable on 28th September 2026.




                                                    (SACHIN S. DESHMUKH, J.)




            fmp/-

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