Bajaj Alliance General Insurance Company Ltd., Mumbai v. Anita Umaji Bhalekar and Anr.
Case brief
What is this about?
Substituted service; service of notice by publication in daily newspapers; notice to Respondent No. 2 returned unserved with Bailiff's remark dated 16/12/2024 ('Not found at given address... no such person is residing at the given address'); Interim Application No. 8302 of 2025 in First Appeal (Stamp) No. 25623 of 2024 allowed in terms of prayer clauses (a) and (b); directions to collect Publication Notice within two weeks and file affidavit of service with published newspaper copies within 08 weeks; High Court of Judicature at Bombay, Civil Appellate Jurisdiction; Registrar (Judl-II) Shri S. R. Agrawal; order dated 09/06/2025; Adv. Yogita Deshmukh Chitnis for Applicant.
What did the court decide?
Permission for substituted service of notice on Respondent No. 2 by publication in daily newspapers, granted in terms of prayer clauses (a) and (b) of Interim Application No. 8302 of 2025; the Applicant's advocate is to collect the Publication Notice from the department within two weeks and file the affidavit of service with published newspaper copies within 08 weeks without fail.