Bombay High Court
ROOPSHAH BUILDERS THROUGH ITS PROPRIETOR RASILA SHAH AND ANR.versusMULUND HEMLEELA CO-OPERATIVE HOUSING SOCIETY LIMITED AND 3 ORS.
- Decided
- Disposal
- DISPOSED OFF
- Bench
- N JAMADAR
Holding
The consent terms are recorded as a decree and are binding only on the parties to the petition, not on any third parties.
Summary
The petitioners sought leave to amend the writ petition to implead the legal representative of a deceased proprietor and later to tender the consent terms that settled the dispute with the respondents. The Court granted both requests, allowing the amendment and the filing of the consent terms. All parties, including the society’s office bearers and the developer, admitted to having read, understood, and voluntarily executed the consent terms without coercion. The Court recorded the consent terms as a decree, marking them ‘X’, and clarified that they bind only the parties to the settlement. It was further noted that the consent terms do not affect the rights of any third parties, and the writ petition was disposed in accordance with the recorded consent.
Issues considered
- Whether the consent terms executed by the parties can be recorded as a decree and be binding on the parties
- Whether the consent terms affect the rights of third parties not party to the settlement
Subjects
- consent decree
- settlement
- writ petition
- amendment
- third party rights
- civil procedure
Judgment
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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY
ORDINARY ORIGINAL CIVIL JURISDICTION
WRIT PETITION NO. 5139 OF 2022
Roopshah Builders & Anr. ..Petitioners
Versus
Mulund Hemleela CHS Ltd. & Ors. …Respondents
Mr. Mandar Soman, for the Petitioners.
Mr. Manish Kenia, Ms. Ankita Sovani, for Respondent No.1.
Ms. Jyoti Chavan, Addl. GP for State/Respondent Nos.2 – 4.
Mr. Hemant Mehta a/w Ms. Jinal Mehta i/b Mehta & Co., for
Respondent No.5.
Mr. Bhavyesh P Shah – Petitioner No.1B.
Mr. Pruthesh P Shah – Petitioner No.1C.
Mr. Divyesh Shah – Petitioner No. 1D.
Ms. Savita Gharat – Chairman of Society/Respondent No. 1.
Mr. Manohar Shetty – Treasurer of Society/Respondent No. 1.
Mr. Rajendra Haralkar – Secretary of Society/Resp. No. 1.
Mr. Hentanshu Shah – Partner of Respondent No.5.
CORAM: N. J. JAMADAR, J.
DATE : 22nd JUNE 2026
P.C.:
1. Heard the learned Counsel for the parties.
2. Mr. Soman, the learned Counsel for the petitioners, seeks
leave to amend the petition so as to implead the legal
representative of Mrs. Rasila Shah, the proprietor of M/s.
Roopshah Builders, who has passed away.
3. Leave granted.
4. Necessary amendment be carried out forthwith.
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5. The learned Counsel for the parties submit that, the
parties have amicably resolved the dispute and the consent
terms have been executed.
6. Mr. Soman, the learned Counsel for the petitioners, seeks
leave to tender consent terms.
7. Leave granted.
8. Mr. Bhavyesh Shah, Mr. Pruthesh Shah, Mr. Divyesh
Shah, the Petitioner Nos.1B, 1C and 1D, who also claim to be
the constituted attorneys of Petitioner No.2 – Pravinchandra
Narandas Shah, are present before the Court.
9. The Respondent No.1- Society is represented by Ms. Savita
Gharat – Chairperson, Mr. Manohar Shetty - Treasurer and Mr.
Rajendra Haralkar – Secretary. The office bearers of the
Respondent No.1, are present before the Court.
10. Mr. Hidanshu Shah, the partner of Respondent No.5 -
Developer, is also present.
11. The above-named petitioners and the respondents admit
the execution of the consent terms and the contents thereof.
The parties are identified by their respective Advocates.
12. Upon being specifically inquired, the petitioners as well as
the representatives of the Respondent Nos.1 and 5 submit that,
they have read and understood the contents of the consent
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terms, they admit the same and also agree to abide by the
contents of the consent terms.
13. It appears that, the parties have worked out a
comprehensive settlement of the dispute and the consent terms
have been executed, voluntarily. There does not appear to be any
coercion or duress.
14. The consent terms are thus taken on record and marked
‘X’.
15. The learned Counsel for the parties jointly submit that,
the consent terms do not affect the rights of the third parties.
16. The Writ Petition thus stands disposed in accordance with
the consent terms ‘X’. The undertakings in the consent terms
are accepted as undertakings to the Court.
17. It is clarified that, the consent terms shall not bind the
persons who are not parties to these consent terms.
[N. J. JAMADAR, J.]
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