Bombay High Court

TAHIR FERNANDO NORONHAversusTHE UNION OF INDIA REP BY THE SECRETARY AND 17 ORS

Disposal: Allowed

Holding

The application is allowed, permitting amendment of the cause title and impleadment of respondents No.19 and 20.

Summary

The High Court of Bombay at Goa entertained a miscellaneous civil application filed by the applicant, Tahir Fernando Noronha, seeking amendment of the cause title and impleadment of additional respondents. The court, after considering the application, allowed it, directing that the cause title be amended and that respondents No.19 and 20 be added to the suit. The petitioner was ordered to file the amended petition within three weeks and to serve notice on the newly added respondents, with a return date fixed for 1 December 2026. The order disposes of the application. No substantive merits of the underlying dispute were addressed.

Issues considered

Whether the application for amendment of the cause title and impleadment of additional respondents should be allowed

Subjects

procedural amendment
impleadment
civil application
High Court order
cause title

Judgment

                               11 MCA 531 2026

   Meena

           IN THE HIGH COURT OF BOMBAY AT GOA
             MISC.CIVIL APPLICATION NO.531 OF 2026

TAHIR FERNANDO NORONHA                                ... APPLICANT
  Versus
THE UNION OF INDIA REP BY THE
SECRETARY AND 17 ORS                                  ... RESPONDENTS


Mr. Ajay Menon, Advocate for the Applicant.
Ms. S. Vaigankar, Advocate for Respondents No. 1 to 3, 8 to 10.
Mr. H.D. Naik, Advocate (through VC) for Respondents No. 16
and 17.
Mr. Deep Shirodkar h/f. Ms. Maria Correia, Additional
Government Advocate for Respondents No. 4 to 7, 12 to 14.
Mr. Deepak Gaonkar, Advocate for Respondent No.11.
Mr. Vibhav Amonkar with Mr. Raj Chodankar, Advocates for
Respondent No.18.


                   CORAM:- VALMIKI MENEZES &
                           AMIT S. JAMSANDEKAR, JJ.
                   DATED :- 22nd September, 2026

P.C.:


1. For the reasons to be stated in the application, the same is
allowed.


2. The cause title shall be amended, and the parties stated in
paragraph 2 of the application shall be impleaded as Respondents
No.19 and 20. In addition, the Petitioner shall amend the petition
in terms of the schedule appended to the application. Amendment


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                    to be carried out within three weeks from today.           If the
                    amendments are carried out in the aforementioned period, issue
                    notice to the newly added Respondents No.19 and 20, returnable
                    on 01.12.2026.


                    3. The application stands disposed of.



                      AMIT S. JAMSANDEKAR, J.                   VALMIKI MENEZES, J.




Signed by: MEENA VISHAL BHOIR
Designation: Private Secretary
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Date: 23/09/2026 15:49:56
                                                    22nd September, 2026

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