Bombay High Court
SHAKUNTALA RAJARAM DUBE AND ORSversusKUSUM DAMODAR GHARAT THRU CA MR. SUNIL DAMODAR GHARAT
- Decided
- Disposal
- Disposed Off
Holding
The court partly allowed the interim application and fixed a date for final disposal.
Summary
The petitioners filed an interim application seeking an early hearing of their writ petition filed in 2023, citing the advanced age of some parties. The court considered the delay since the original petition and the health concerns of the parties. It decided to partly allow the application, directing that the writ petition be listed for final disposal on 22 October 2026. The interim application was thereby disposed. No substantive merits of the writ petition were addressed in this order.
Issues considered
- Whether the interim application for early hearing of the writ petition should be granted?
Subjects
- early hearing
- interim application
- writ petition
- civil appellate jurisdiction
- age of parties
Judgment
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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY
KANCHAN
KANCHAN VINOD
VINOD MAYEKAR
MAYEKAR Date:
2026.09.24
20:19:36
+0530
CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION
INTERIM APPLICATION NO. 2907/2026
IN
WRIT PETITION NO. 12684/2023
SHAKUNTALA RAJARAM DUBEY & ANR. ….. APPLICANTS
VS
KUSUM DAMODAR GHARAT & ORS. ….. RESPONDENTS
Adv. Rahul Soman for the Petitioners.
CORAM : PRAFULLA S. KHUBALKAR, J.
DATE : 24TH SEPTEMBER, 2026
P.C. :-
1) This is an application for grant of early hearing by fixed
date.
2) Considering the fact that the writ petition is of the year
2023 and some of the parties are of advanced age, the application is
partly allowed only to the extent of granting early hearing.
Accordingly, list the petition for final disposal on 22nd October, 2026.
3) Interim application is disposed of.
[PRAFULLA S. KHUBALKAR, J.]
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