Rafiq Abdulla Sheikh Memon v. Raju S/O. Natthu Dudhe
Case brief
What is this about?
Writ Petition No.5771/2024, High Court of Judicature at Bombay, Nagpur Bench, decided 10/10/2025 by Siddheshwar S. Thombre, J. Petitioner Rafiq Abdulla Sheikh Memon (Adv. Ragini K. Swami) challenged two orders of the Civil Judge, Senior Division, Pusad in Special Civil Suit No.12/2018 against respondent Raju s/o Natthu Dudhe (Adv. A.S.Deshpande): (i) order dated 19.08.2024 below Exhibit-1 closing the plaintiff's evidence; and (ii) order below Exhibit 75 rejecting the plaintiff's application for witness summons to Shaikh Anis Shaikh Chand to prove the agreement dated 31.7.2015. Both orders set aside; both applications allowed since the plaintiff had himself sought the summons; costs of Rs.10,000/- payable to the High Court Bar Library, Nagpur within three weeks. Keywords: witness summons, closure of plaintiff's evidence, Exhibit-1, Exhibit 75, costs.
What did the court decide?
Both impugned orders (order dated 19.08.2024 below Exhibit-1 closing the plaintiff's evidence, and the order below Exhibit 75 rejecting the witness-summons application) set aside; both applications allowed, subject to payment of costs of Rs.10,000/- to the High Court Bar Library, Nagpur, within three weeks from the date of the order.