Shakuntala Ramesh Dave v. Poonam Vimal Dave
Case brief
What is this about?
Keywords: explanation/condonation of delay; additional affidavit; interim application; testamentary petition; caveat; Bombay High Court Testamentary and Intestate Jurisdiction; Kamal Khata, J.; Interim Application No.1634 of 2025; Caveat (L) No.9650 of 2024; Testamentary Petition No.3511 of 2023; parties Shakuntala Ramesh Dave (Applicant/Caveator) and Poonam Vimal Dave (Petitioner); advocates Atharva A. Dandekar and Hitendra Parab (for Applicant), Chaitali Jadhav and Mehul Shah (for Petitioner); procedural directions - reply by 8 August 2025, pointwise written submissions, listing on 20 August 2025. No holding on merits; citable only for procedural timeline, not for any substantive proposition.
What did the court decide?
Time granted to the Applicant to serve and file an additional affidavit setting out the reasons for the delay by 13th August, 2025; time to file the reply extended up to 8th August, 2025; Advocates of both parties to exchange and file their list of dates and events, written submissions (structured as a pointwise reply to the opposing party's contentions and case law cited) and relevant case law within two weeks of upload of the Order; matter listed on 20th August, 2025. The Interim Application itself was not finally decided.