Smt Shubhangi Sudhakar Naik and Anr. v. State of Maharashtra through Secretary and Ors.
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Bombay High Court interim order dated 05 March 2025 by G.S. Kulkarni and Advait M. Sethna, JJ., in Interim Application No. 14746 of 2024 in Writ Petition No. 5999 of 2019 (Sudhakar Maloji Naik & Others v. State of Maharashtra through Secretary & Ors.). Applicants led by V.A. Gangal sought condonation of delay in impleading the legal heirs of the deceased first petitioner, who died on 16 February 2019 during pendency of the writ petition. Court condoned the delay on the strength of the explanation in paragraphs 1 and 2 of the application, allowed the IA in terms of prayer clause (1), kept all rights and contentions (especially of Applicant Nos. 2 and 3) open, ordered amendments within two weeks and service of amended copies, and disposed of the application with no costs. No opposition from respondents; no statute or precedent discussed; no quantum involved. Relevant searches: substitution of legal heirs of deceased litigant, delay condonation, Order XXII CPC analogues (not cited), Bombay HC civil appellate side.