Icici Lombard General Insurance Co. Lted. v. Gaulanbai Siddharth Kolte And Others

918.1.CA.12328.2025

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY

BENCH AT AURANGABAD CIVIL APPLICATION NO. 12328 OF 2025 IN FIRST APPEAL (STAMP) NO. 31847 OF 2025 ICICI Lombard General Insurance Co Ltd ...Applicant

Versus

Gaulanbai Siddharth Kolte and Others

...Respondent

*** Mr. Abhijit Choudhari, Advocate for the Applicant Mr. Bharat N Gadegaonkar, Advocate for Respondent Nos.1 and 5 Mr. Narayan Y. Chavan, Advocate for Respondent No.6. *** CORAM : SANJAY A. DESHMUKH, J.

DATE : MARCH 27, 2026 PER COURT :

1.

Heard.

2.

The learned counsel for the appellant is directed to bracket name of respondent No.4.

3.

The amendment be carried out within a period of two weeks from today. If the amendment is not carried out within a stipulated period of time, the applicant/appellant has to pay costs of 2,000/-.

₹ 4.

This is an application seeking for condonation of delay of Shrikant Malani

918.1.CA.12328.2025 128 days caused in filing the first appeal.

5.

The learned counsel for the respondents strongly opposed the application and submitted that there is no sufficient reasons to condone the delay.

6.

Perused the application. For the reasons stated therein, the application deserves to be allowed in the interest of justice as the delay is neither deliberate nor intentional. Hence the following order:

O R D E R

(a) Civil application is allowed.

(b) The delay of 128 days caused in filing the first appeal is hereby condoned.

(c) The application is disposed of.

( SANJAY A. DESHMUKH, J. ) Shrikant Malani