Rajesh Kumar Sharma v. Vikas Phadnis and 2 Ors.
Indigent person – exemption from court fees
Case brief
What is this about?
High Court of Judicature at Bombay (Civil Appellate Jurisdiction), Gauri Godse, J.; Appeal From Order No. 334 of 2024; decided 21 April 2025; Rajesh Kumar Sharma v. Vikas Phadnis and Ors; counsel: Mr. Taranjit Singh for the appellant. Interim order in an appeal concerning the right to sue/be heard as an indigent person without paying court fees: the court below had found the appellant not indigent based on a Collector's report conveyed vide letter dated 17th November 2022; the appellant's counsel conceded he could point to no fault in that order and had not produced the Collector's report; time was granted to tender copies of the report and letter, and the matter was adjourned to 13th June 2025. Procedural/posture value only; no ratio declared, no authorities or statutes discussed, no quantum involved.
What did the court decide?
Interim directions only: time granted to the appellant to place on record copies of the Collector's report and the letter dated 17th November 2022 on the next date; the matter stood over to 13th June 2025. No determination on the indigency issue at this stage.