Central Railway v. Subhadra Maruti Patil Decs Thr Lrs
Case brief
What is this about?
Condonation of delay in first appeal; interim stay of impugned order/award conditional on deposit of entire award amount with interest in the executing Court within 10 weeks; automatic vacation of stay on default; claimants' withdrawal of 50% of deposited amount on authenticated copy and balance 50% on bank guarantee; appeal admitted with related First Appeal (st) No. 30050 of 2025 tagged; private paperbook within one year. Parties: Central Railway (appellant/applicant) v. LRs of Subhadra Maruti Patil (decd.) and the respondent-State. Bench: Gauri Godse, J. Case: First Appeal (ST) No. 29727 of 2025 with Interim Applications Nos. 11711 and 11712 of 2025, Bombay High Court, order dated 19 September 2025.
What did the court decide?
Delay condoned and Interim Application No. 11711 of 2025 allowed in terms of prayer clause (b); First Appeal (ST) No. 29727 of 2025 admitted (with First Appeal (st) No. 30050 of 2025 tagged alongwith it); interim stay of the impugned order granted in terms of prayer clause (b) subject to deposit of the entire award amount with interest as per the impugned order in the executing Court within 10 weeks, failing which the stay stands vacated automatically; claimants permitted to withdraw 50% of the deposited amount on production of authenticated copy of the order and the balance 50% on furnishing a Bank guarantee to the satisfaction of the executing Court; Interim Application No. 11712 of 2025 disposed of.