Bombay High Court

SUBHASH DEOCHAND AMBEKARversusLATE SHRIKRISHNA JAGANNATH SATHE DEAD THROUGH LRS BHAGYASHREE SHRIKANT AND OTHERS

Disposal: DISPOSED OFF
Bench: SANJAY A DESHMUKH

Holding

The death of the applicant results in abatement and disposal of the civil revision and related applications.

Summary

The petitioner, Subhash Deochand Ambekar, filed a civil revision application (No. 114 of 2015) along with two related civil applications. The applicant died on 23 December 2024, and a death certificate was produced and marked for identification. The petitioner’s counsel noted that there was no response from the legal representatives of the deceased applicant. The court held that the death of the applicant caused abatement of the pending applications. Consequently, the civil revision application and the pending civil applications were disposed of by the court.

Issues considered

What is the effect of the death of a party on pending civil revision and related civil applications?

Subjects

civil procedure
abatement
death of party
revision application
disposal

Judgment

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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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