Asif Mohd. Ismail Qureshi v. Yakub Mohammed Umarji Patel and 6 Ors.
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Short post-courier interlocutory order on a representation conflict and party transposition. Court: Bombay High Court, Ordinary Original Civil Jurisdiction. Bench: G. S. Kulkarni & Aarti Sathe, JJ. Order date: 15 September 2025. Matter: WRIT PETITION NO. 382 OF 2023 WITH INTERIM APPLICATION NO. 165 OF 2024; petitioner no.1 Asif Mohd. Ismail Qureshi (counsel: Joel D'Souza with Ivor Peter D'Cruz, Pierre Fernandes, Elaine Fargose, Rupali Singh); petitioner no.2 deleted (name undisclosed, intends new advocate); State of Maharashtra (printed as 'Maharasthra') & Ors., AGP Himanshu Takke; respondent nos. 4–6 (counsel: Satish Muley with Mosin Naik and Zhoaib Sayyed). Substance: (i) two petitioners in one petition cannot be represented by two advocates — petitioner no.2 deleted with liberty to file separate proceedings and contentions kept open; (ii) IA No. 165 of 2024 allowed in terms of prayer clauses (a) and (b) — petitioner no.2 transposed as respondent no.7; no costs; amended-petition copies to all parties; reply affidavit due with no further extension; next hearing 06 October 2025 (H.O.B.). No statute or precedent cited; no monetary amount involved.