Bombay High Court

PRANITA PARAB AND ANRversusMARIA MAXIMA DSOUZA ALIAS MAZIMIANA DSOUZA AND 4 ORS

Disposal: Allowed

Holding

The Registrar permitted service of the respondents by affixation and publication.

Summary

The applicants, Pranita Parab and another, were unable to locate respondents Nos. 3(a) and 3(b) at their registered addresses and therefore applied for permission to serve them by alternate modes. The applicants filed a Miscellaneous Civil Application seeking to effect service by affixation of notice and publication in a local newspaper. The Registrar considered the application and, noting the inability to serve the respondents at their known addresses, allowed the request. The order permitted service by affixation and publication, directing that the notices by publication be returnable within eight weeks. The matter was concluded with the Registrar’s order dated 10 September 2026.

Issues considered

Whether permission can be granted to serve respondents by affixation and publication when they cannot be found at their registered addresses

Subjects

service of process
alternative service
affixation
publication
civil procedure

Judgment

                                   MCA 426 of 2026



             FARAD CONTINUATION SHEET
        IN THE HIGH COURT OF BOMBAY AT GOA
                   APPELLATE SIDE
             MISC.CIVIL APPLICATION NO.426 OF 2026
                              IN
                  SECOND APPEAL NO.9 OF 2025
PRANITA PARAB AND ANR                                      ... APPLICANT

VS

MARIA MAXIMA DSOUZA ALIAS MAZIMIANA
DSOUZA AND 4 ORS                    ... RESPONDENTS


Advocate present for the Applicants : Advocate Tejas Rane Sardessai

                           REGISTRAR'S ORDER


This MCA is placed on Board for Orders. Advocate Tejas Rane Sardessai

is present for the Applicants. He submits that the necessary corrections

have been carried out in the Application pursuant to the Registrar's Order

dated 20.08.2026. The corrected Application has been uploaded on the

e-filing portal, whereby the Applicant seeks permission to effect service

upon Respondents Nos. 3(a) and 3(b) by alternate modes, viz., Affixation

and Publication.



Ld. Advocate Tejas Rane Sardessai submits that the said Respondents

could not be served as they were not found at their respective Registered

Addresses. The Applicant, therefore, seeks to effect service upon the said

Respondents by Affixation as well as Publication in a local daily

newspaper having circulation in the area of their Registered Addresses.

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                          ORDER

'The MCA is allowed. The Applicant is permitted to serve Respondent

Nos. 3(a) and 3(b) by Affixation and Publication. The notices by

publication are returnable within 8 weeks from the date of this Order.'




Dated: 10th September, 2026                                  ( Irshad Agha )
                                                            (Registrar Judicial)
ADN*




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