Bombay High Court

ANTONIO SANTAN FERNANDES AND ANR.,versusAGOSTINHO DA COSTA AND 7 ORS.,

Disposal: Disposed of

Holding

The Court held that the application is allowed and the cause title may be amended to bring the legal representatives of Respondent No. 1 on record.

Summary

Antonio Santan Fernandes and another filed a miscellaneous civil application before the High Court of Bombay at Goa, seeking relief against Agostinho da Costa and others. The applicant requested that the legal representatives of Respondent No. 1 be brought on record by amending the cause title. The Court examined whether such an amendment was permissible under the procedural rules. Finding the application justified, the Court allowed the amendment and directed that it be effected forthwith. Consequently, the application was disposed of.

Issues considered

Whether the legal representatives of Respondent No. 1 can be brought on record by amending the cause title

Subjects

amendment of cause title
legal representation
civil procedure
high court
application disposed

Judgment

2026:BHC-GOA:1749
                                              2 MCA 407 2026

                Sonam

                        IN THE HIGH COURT OF BOMBAY AT GOA
                          MISC.CIVIL APPLICATION NO.407 OF 2026
                                           IN
                                FIRST APPEAL NO.9 OF 2015
           ANTONIO SANTAN FERNANDES AND ANR.,                      ... APPLICANT
             Versus
           AGOSTINHO DA COSTA AND 7 ORS.,                          ... RESPONDENTS


           Mr. S. Mahajan, Advocate for the Applicant.


                                 CORAM:- VALMIKI MENEZES, J.
                                 DATED :- 28th August, 2026

           P.C.:


           1.      For the reasons stated in the application, the same is allowed.
           The Legal Representatives of Respondent No. 1 shall be brought
           on record by amending the cause title. The amendment to be
           carried out forthwith.


           2.    The application stands disposed of.




                                                        VALMIKI MENEZES, J.




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                                              28th August, 2026

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