Bombay High Court

SHRI BHANUDAS KESHAV GAIKWAD Since deceased through heirsversusShri Nandakumar Ravansidha Gujare

Disposal: Allowed

Holding

The court ordered that the second appeal be taken up for final hearing on 9 October 2026.

Summary

The applicant filed an interim application seeking to expedite the hearing of a second appeal that was admitted in 2001 and had been pending for more than 25 years. The court noted the inordinate delay and the need for a final hearing. No substantive merits of the appeal were addressed. The court ordered that the second appeal be taken up for final hearing on 9 October 2026. The order was pronounced by Justice Rajesh S. Patil. The application was disposed of by directing the expedited hearing.

Issues considered

Whether the second appeal pending for over 25 years should be expedited for a final hearing.

Subjects

civil procedure
interim application
delay in justice
appeal hearing
high court

Judgment

                                                                      50-IA-1187-2026.doc


                     IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY
                              CIRCUIT BENCH AT KOLHAPUR

                                CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION

                           INTERIM APPLICATION NO. 1187 OF 2026
                                            IN
                              SECOND APPEAL NO. 837 OF 2001
             Shri Bhanudas Keshav Gaikwad Since
             Deceased Through Heirs                                     …Applicant
                   Vs
             Shri Nandakumar Ravansidha Gujare                       …Respondent

             Mr. Niranjan V. Dhainje i/b Mr. Bobade Rupesh Krishnath, Advocate
             for Applicant

                                    CORAM : RAJESH S. PATIL, J.
                                    DATE     : 10 SEPTEMBER 2026
             P. C. :
             1.      This Civil Application has been filed to expedite the hearing of

             the Second Appeal.

             2.      Second Appeal is admitted in the year 2001 and is pending for
IRESH
MASHAL
             final hearing for the last more than 25 years.
Digitally
signed by
IRESH
MASHAL
Date:
2026.09.11
             3.      Hence, Second Appeal to be taken up for final hearing on
10:29:56
+0530




             9 October 2026.



                                                              ( RAJESH S. PATIL, J. )




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