Bombay High Court

UNIVERSAL MEDICARE PRIVATE LTD.versusUCO BANK

Decided: 20 August 2026
Disposal: Disposed Off

Holding

The court held that the order must be corrected to refer to the Registrar (Judicial) as the authority for the bank guarantee.

Summary

Universal Medicare Private Limited filed an interim application before the Bombay High Court seeking correction of a clerical error in the order dated 20 August 2026. The order required the applicant to furnish a bank guarantee to the satisfaction of the Prothonotary and Senior Master. The applicant contended that the correct authority should be the Registrar (Judicial). The court considered the application and agreed that the wording needed amendment. Accordingly, the court directed that the phrase be replaced with "Registrar (Judicial)" and that the corrected order be made available to the parties. The application was allowed and the order was corrected.

Issues considered

Whether the order dated 20 August 2026 should be amended to replace "Prothonotary and Senior Master" with "Registrar (Judicial)" for the purpose of furnishing a bank guarantee.

Subjects

interim application
order correction
bank guarantee
procedural
civil appellate jurisdiction

Judgment

                                                                                 P1 IA 5917-2026 (Prod).doc


                                    IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY
                                            CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION

                                       INTERIM APPLICATION NO. 5917 OF 2026
                                                       IN
                                      COMMERCIAL FIRST APPEAL NO. 17 OF 2026

                      Universal Medicare Private Limited                       ..Applicant/
                                                                                 Orig. Respondent

                      IN THE MATTER BETWEEN

                      UCO Bank                                                 ..Appellant
ANAND
SUDHAKAR                   Versus
SUDAME
Digitally signed by
ANAND SUDHAKAR
SUDAME                Universal Medicare Private Limited                       ..Respondent
Date: 2026.08.28
13:03:42 +0530

                      Mr. Sameer Pandit a/w. Mr. Aastik Agarwal i/b. Wadia Ghandy & Co.,
                      Advocates, for the Applicant

                                      CORAM : G. S. Kulkarni &
                                              Dr. Neela Gokhale, JJ.

                                      DATE     : 27 August 2026
                      P. C.

                      1.       Mentioned. Not on board. Taken on board.

                      2.       A praecipe has been moved for Speaking to the Minutes of the Order

                      dated 20 August 2026. In the 2 nd line of para 6 of the aforesaid Order, the

                      sentence “subject to the Applicant/Plaintiff furnishing a bank guarantee of a

                      requisite amount with a nationalized bank to the satisfaction of the

                      Prothonotary and Senior Master” be replaced with the sentence “subject to the

                      Applicant/Plaintiff furnishing a bank guarantee of a requisite amount with a

                      nationalized bank to the satisfaction of the Registrar(Judicial)”

                      Anand                               1 of 2
                                                          P1 IA 5917-2026 (Prod).doc

3.      The order be corrected accordingly and made available to the parties.



(Dr. Neela Gokhale , J.)                                     (G. S. Kulkarni, J.)




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