Ceat Ltd. v. Ramdaras Lalchand Kumhar
Case brief
What is this about?
Withdrawal and disposal of nineteen CEAT Ltd. & Ors. writ petitions (2024 batch and W.P. 192/2025) before the Bombay High Court (Sandeep V. Marne, J., 10 September 2025); question of law involved expressly left open; petitioners permitted to withdraw court deposit with accrued interest; direction to pay each respondent amounts due under the impugned judgment and order within four weeks with 8% per annum interest from dates of respective orders; respondents to furnish payment details within two weeks. No statute or precedent discussed; no holding on merits — limited value as precedent on the open question of law.
What did the court decide?
All nineteen Writ Petitions (Nos. 2521, 2571, 3518, 4997, 3478, 5022, 3479, 5020, 4751, 4862, 2537, 3499, 3564, 1536, 1550, 2609, 3618 and 3436 of 2024 and 192 of 2025) permitted to be withdrawn and disposed of on the Petitioners' request; question of law involved left open; Petitioners permitted to withdraw the amount deposited in Court with accrued interest, subject to paying each Respondent the amounts due under the impugned judgment and order within four weeks with interest at 8% per annum from the dates of the respective orders; Respondents to furnish payment details within two weeks.