Bombay High Court

SUREKHA KANTA MAJREKARversusSADANAND K MADGAONKAR

Disposal: Allowed

Holding

The Court held that the status‑quo order of 28 November 2001 is revived and the interim application is allowed subject to payment of Rs.5,000 costs.

Summary

Surekha Kanta Majrekar filed Interim Application No. 139 of 2026 in Second Appeal No. 544 of 2001 before the Kolhapur Circuit Bench of the Bombay High Court. The applicant sought revival of the status‑quo order dated 28 November 2001 and directed payment of costs to the High Court Legal Services Committee. The Court allowed the interim application in terms of the relevant prayer clauses, ordering the applicant to pay Rs.5,000 within three weeks and to file the required amendment within the same period. It clarified that the 2001 status‑quo order stands revived automatically and directed that, if the appeal is ready, it be listed for final hearing. Thus, the interim relief was granted subject to the stipulated costs and procedural compliance.

Issues considered

Whether the status‑quo order dated 28 November 2001 should be revived in the present proceedings
Whether the applicant should be ordered to pay costs to the High Court Legal Services Committee
Procedural requirements for amendment and listing of the appeal for final hearing

Subjects

interim relief
status quo
costs
amendment
second appeal
High Court Legal Services Committee

Judgment

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           IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY
                   CIRCUIT BENCH AT KOLHAPUR
                   CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION


              INTERIM APPLICATION NO. 139 OF 2026
                              IN
                 SECOND APPEAL NO. 544 OF 2001
Surekha Kanta Majrekar                  … Applicant
           V/s.
Sadanand K Madgaonkar                   … Respondent
Mr. Nilesh Patil, Advocate for the Applicant.

                              CORAM       : RAJESH S. PATIL, J.

                              DATED       : SEPTEMBER 11, 2026
P.C.:


1.      Mr. Patil, learned counsel appearing for the applicant,

submits that, as regards the order passed yesterday, i.e. on 10

September 2026, he has no objection to paragraphs 1, 2, 3 and 4.

He further submits that he has taken instructions from his client

and his client is ready to pay the costs as directed in paragraph 3

of the order dated 10 September 2026.


2.      He further submits that, only by way of clarification, once

the Interim Application is allowed in terms of prayer clauses (b),

(c) and (d), the status quo order passed by this Court on 28

November 2001 should stand revived.


3.      Interim Application No. 1139 of 2024 stands allowed in




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terms of prayer clauses (b), (c) and (d), subject to payment of

costs of Rs.5,000/- to the High Court Legal Services Committee,

Circuit Bench at Kolhapur, within a period of three weeks from

today.


4.    Amendment to be carried out within a period of three weeks

from today.


5.    It is clarified that the order dated 28 November 2001 passed

in the present proceedings granting status quo as of 22 October

2001 stands revived automatically.


6.    If the Second Appeal is ready for final hearing, the same be

placed on the board for final hearing.

                                            (RAJESH S. PATIL, J.)




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