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Bombay High Court

THE NATIONAL INSURANCE CO. LTD.versusLACHHU ALIAS LACCHMAN MOHANDAS PUNJABAI AND ORS.

Decided
Disposal
Dismissed

Holding

The application for restoration was dismissed because the applicant was not pressing for restoration.

Summary

The National Insurance Co. Ltd. filed a civil application seeking restoration of a decree. The applicant's counsel, Ms. Poonam Mittal, informed the court that the client was no longer pressing for restoration. Consequently, the High Court dismissed the application. No substantive legal arguments or evidence were presented. The dismissal was procedural, based solely on the applicant's withdrawal of the request. The court recorded the dismissal on 17 June 2026.

Issues considered

  • Whether the civil application for restoration of the decree should be entertained when the applicant withdraws the request

Subjects

  • restoration of decree
  • civil application
  • dismissal
  • withdrawal of claim
  • high court

Judgment

  2026:BHC-AS:24517
                             Sayyed                                                          28-CAF.3673.2017.doc


                                        IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY
                                                CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION

                                              CIVIL APPLICATION NO.3673 OF 2017
                                                              IN
                                              FIRST APPEAL (ST) NO.27119 OF 2004
                                               (REJECTED CASE NO.1283 OF 2011)

                             The National Insurance Co. Ltd.            ...Applicant
                                  Versus
                             Lachhu Alias Lacchman
                             Mohandas Punjabai & Ors.                   ...Respondents
                                  _____________________________________________________
                             Ms. Poonam Mittal for the Applicant.
                             None for the Respondents.
                                   _____________________________________________________

                                                              CORAM :         JITENDRA JAIN, J.
                                                              DATE        :   17 JUNE 2026
                             P.C.:

                                       Ms. Mittal, learned counsel for the applicant-insurance
                             company states, on instructions from her client that she is not pressing
                             for restoration. Accordingly, civil application is dismissed.



                                                                                [ JITENDRA JAIN, J. ]




Signed by: Sayyed Saeed Ali
Designation: PA To Honourable Judge
Date: 18/06/2026 12:01:48                                        1 of 1


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