Bombay High Court

POLESTAR REALTORS PRIVATE LIMITEDversusTHE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND ORS

Decided: 29 August 2026
Disposal: Disposed Off

Holding

The High Court directed the City Civil Court to assign Review Petition No. 2 of 2021 to a functional court and to decide it expeditiously, preferably within ten weeks.

Summary

Polestar Realtors Private Limited filed a writ petition before the Bombay High Court challenging the handling of Review Petition No. 2 of 2021 by the City Civil Court. The petition sought an order directing the principal judge of the City Civil Court to assign the pending review petition to a functional court and to decide it expeditiously, preferably within ten weeks. The High Court examined the procedural propriety of such a direction and the need for speedy disposal of pending review matters. It found no impediment to issuing the directive and emphasized the importance of timely justice. Consequently, the Court disposed of the writ petition, directing the lower court to assign the review petition to a functional bench and to hear and decide it within the stipulated period.

Issues considered

Whether the High Court can direct the principal judge of the City Civil Court to assign a pending review petition to a functional court and set a time‑frame for its disposal

Subjects

procedural law
review petition
assignment of case
expeditious hearing
civil appellate jurisdiction

Judgment

                                                                              23-WP-10968-2026.DOC

                                 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY
                                           CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION
                                          WRIT PETITION NO. 10968 OF 2026


                      Polestar Realtors Private Limited                            ..Petitioner
                            Versus
                      The State of Maharashtra and Ors                         …Respondents

                      Mr. Vyom Shah, with Kinnar Shah and Shikha Jain, i/b Divya Shah
                            Associates, for the Petitioner.
                      Smt. S.A. Prabhune, AGP, for Respondent Nos. 1 and 2-State.
                      Mr. Bhupesh Dhumatkar, with Siddharth Kulkarni, i/b Chitnis Vaithy
                            and Co, for Respondent No.3.
                      Mr. R.R. Sharma, with Prateek Kharwar and Surya Das, for
                            Respondent Nos. 4 and 5.

                                                    CORAM:         N. J. JAMADAR, J.
                                                    DATE :         29th AUGUST 2026
ARUN
RAMCHANDRA
SANKPAL

Digitally signed by
ARUN RAMCHANDRA
SANKPAL
                      P.C.:
Date: 2026.08.31
19:02:48 +0530




                      1.      Heard the learned Counsel for the parties.

                      2.      The Petition stands disposed with a request to the Principal

                      Judge, City Civil Court to assign the Review Petition No. 2 of 2021 to a

                      functional Court.

                      3.      The learned Judge, City Civil Court to whom the Review Petition

                      No. 2 of 2021 would be assigned, is requested to hear and decide the

                      said Review Petition No. 2 of 2021 and pass an order in accordance

                      with law, as expeditiously as possible, and, preferably, within a period of

                      10 weeks from today.

                                                                     [N. J. JAMADAR, J.]


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