Amrita Sunil Jaising v. Manohar Vasudev Chhabria H.U.F

Digitally signed by JYOTI PRAKASH PAWAR Date:

2026.02.04 20:10:32 +0530

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY

JYOTI PRAKASH PAWAR ORDINARY ORIGINAL CIVIL JURISDICTION SUIT NO. 882 OF 2016 Nandlal Ramchand Chhabria & Ors.

... Plaintiffs V/s.

Manohar Vasudev Chhabria & Ors.

... Defendants.

WITH INTERIM APPLICATION NO. 248 OF 2026 IN SUIT NO. 882 OF 2016 Amrita Sunil Jaising ... Applicant V/s.

Manohar Vasudev Chhabria H.U.F.

... Respondent WITH INTERIM APPLICATION (L) NO. 15266 OF 2022 WITH INTERIM APPLICATION (L) NO. 4808 OF 2023 WITH INTERIM APPLICATION (L) NO. 10486 OF 2023 WITH INTERIM APPLICATION (L) NO. 10673 IF 2024 IN SUIT NO. 882 OF 2016 WITH INTERIM APPLICATION NO. 1645 OF 2022 WITH NOTICE OF MOTION NO. 2417 OF 2019 WITH INTERIM APPLICATION NO. 134 OF 2024 WITH INTERIM APPLICATION NO. 132 OF 2024 IN SUIT NO. 1151 OF 2019 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

_______________________________________ Mr. Rajmani Varma a/w. Ms. Komal Jadhav i/b. Navdeep Vora & Associates for Plaintiff Nos. 8, 11 and 12.

Ms. Aakansha Saxena a/w. Mr. Rajmani Varma and Ms. Komal Jadhav for Defendant No.1.

Mr. Pankaj Shinde i/b. Mr. Ashish Suryavanshi for Defendant No.5 in Suit No. 882 of 2016.

Mr. Deepak Chhabria, Defendant No.2 in person. Mr. Anand Chhabria, Defendant No.3 in person. Mr. Ajay Chhabria, Defendant No.8 in person.

_______________________________________ CORAM : FARHAN P. DUBASH, J.

Date :

3rd FEBRUARY 2026 P. C :

INTERIM APPLICATION NO. 248 OF 2026 1.

The present Interim Application seeks amendment to the cause title of the plaint and deletion of the name of Plaintiff No. 7 in the Suit, in Notice of Motion No. 10 of 2017, and in Interim Application (L) No. 15266 of 2022 taken out in the Suit, since Plaintiff No. 7 has passed away on 26 th November 2025. There is no opposition to this Interim Application and accordingly, the same is allowed in terms of prayer Clause - (a) and the following order is passed:

:: ORDER::

i) The Plaintiffs are permitted to amend the plaint, ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Notice of Motion No. 10 of 2017 and Interim Application (L) No. 15266 of 2022 in terms of the proposed amendment set out in the schedule annexed to the Interim Application. This amendment shall be carried out, on or before 10th February 2026.

(ii) Re-verification is dispensed with.

(iii) Interim Application is disposed of in terms of the above order.

(iv) There shall be no order as to costs.

SUIT NO. 882 OF 2016 2.

Pursuant to the last order, the Plaintiff tenders an Affidavit-ofService dated 2nd February 2026. The same is taken on record. A perusal of this Affidavit shows that service of the Interim Application has been effected on all the Defendants. Insofar as Defendant No. 6 is concerned, by an order dated 15th December 2025, she has already relinquished her share in favour of the other members of her Hindu Undivided Family (H.U.F.). 3.

Ms. Saxena, learned Counsel who appears on behalf of the Plaintiffs, states that she has not yet been in a position to file an appropriate ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

application seeking deletion of the name of Plaintiff No. 2 from the array of parties to the present Suit on account of his demise and seeks some time in that regard.

( FARHAN P. DUBASH, J. ) Mandar M.

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