Bombay High Court

ANITA JINCHANDRA KASTURKARversusJINCHANDRA BHALCHANDRA KASTURKAR AND ANR

Decided: 8 April 2026
Disposal: Disposed Off
Bench: N R BORKAR

Holding

The Court disposed of the writ petitions in accordance with the parties' Settlement Terms and Settlement Agreement.

Summary

The Bombay High Court, after referring the writ petitions to mediation, received a report indicating that the parties had amicably settled their dispute. The Settlement Terms and Settlement Agreement were annexed to the report and marked for identification. Both parties' counsel requested that the petitions be disposed of in accordance with the settlement. The Court accepted the statements in the settlement as an undertaking and ordered the disposal of the petitions per the settlement terms. Consequently, the writ petitions were closed without further adjudication on the merits.

Issues considered

What is the appropriate disposition of the writ petitions in light of the parties' settlement and the mediation report?

Subjects

mediation
settlement agreement
writ petition
dispute resolution
court undertaking

Judgment

                                                         906-cr-wp-4449-21 @4453-21.odt


       IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY
              CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION
                WRIT PETITION NO. 4449 OF 2021
                                WITH
                WRIT PETITION NO. 4453 OF 2021
Anita J. Kasturkar                                …Petitioner
      V/s.
Jinchandra B. Kasturkar & Ors..                   ...Respondents.
                               …………..
Ms Pallavi A. Karanjkar i/b Adv. Sandeep S. Koregave for the
Petitioner.
Adv. S.R. Firodiya for the Respondent Nos.1 to 5.
Mr. V.N. Sagare, APP for the Respondent/State.
                              …………..
                             CORAM :        N.R. BORKAR, J.
                             DATE     :     08.04.2026.
P.C. :

1.       This Court by order dated 12th August 2025 referred the
matters for mediation. Learned Mediator has submitted a Report
that the parties have amicably settled their dispute. The
Settlement Terms and Settlement Agreement executed and signed
by the parties are annexed to the report. The Settlement Terms
and Settlement Agreement are taken on record and marked as
“X” for the purpose of identification.
2.        The learned counsel for the parties submit that the petitions
be disposed of in terms of Settlement Terms and Settlement
Agreement. In that view of the matter, both the Petitions are
disposed of in terms of the Settlement Terms and Settlement
Agreement.
3.       The       statements   made   in     the   Settlement      Terms        and
Settlement Agreement are accepted as undertaking to this Court.

                                                     [N.R.BORKAR, J.]

Dinesh S. Sherla                            1/1

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