Sarath Manari Gopinathan v. Rahul Rajendranath Khanna
Case brief
What is this about?
Transfer of civil proceedings by consent — M.A. No. 537 of 2021 (Civil Judge Senior Division, Panvel), Testamentary Suit No.20 of 2023 (High Court of Bombay) and Miscellaneous Application No. 381 of 2021 (Civil Judge Senior Division, Thane) transferred to District Judge-I & Additional Sessions Judge, C.B.D. Belapur, Navi Mumbai; four-week timelines for transfer by Superintendents (Panvel, Thane) and Prothonotary & Senior Master (Bombay); tagging and joint hearing of all three suits; expedited hearing; parties' undertakings against adjournments; disposal of MCA Nos. 278/2023, 192/2024, 204/2025 and I.A. No. 12456/2024; Bombay High Court, Patil, J., dated 8 December 2025; 2025:BHC-AS:53618.
What did the court decide?
Transfer of M.A. No. 537 of 2021 (Civil Judge Senior Division, Panvel), Testamentary Suit No.20 of 2023 (High Court of Bombay) and Miscellaneous Application No. 381 of 2021 (Civil Judge Senior Division, Thane) to the Court of District Judge-I & Additional Sessions Judge, C.B.D. Belapur, Navi Mumbai, to be effected within four weeks; all three proceedings to be tagged and heard together with expedited hearing; parties undertook to co-operate and not seek unnecessary adjournments; Interim Application No. 12456/2024 in MCA No. 192/2024 also disposed; parties to act on an authenticated copy of the order.