Vitthal Chintaman Paradkar v. Reji Varghese S/O. P.J.Varghese
Case brief
What is this about?
Bombay High Court (O.O.C.J.) interim order dated 11 December 2025 in Appeal No. 90 of 2024, filed in Misc. Testamentary Petition (L) No. 12845 of 2021. Appellant: Vitthal Chintaman Paradkar; Respondents: Reji Varghese & Anr. Bench: B. P. Colabawalla & Amit S. Jamsandekar, JJ. Subject-matter keywords: loss of instructions by appellant's advocates, discharge of counsel, notice to non-responsive appellant returnable 16 January 2026, threatened dismissal of appeal for want of prosecution, testamentary petition appeal. Procedural significance only; no statutory provisions or precedents cited and no substantive rights determined.
What did the court decide?
Interim procedural directions only: notice to be issued to the Appellant returnable on 16th January 2026, copy of the order to be forwarded with the notice, and the matter stood over to 16th January 2026; the Appeal was not decided and dismissal for want of prosecution was flagged if the Appellant fails to appear despite service.