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Neela Anand Joshi v. Anand Narayan Joshi

Bombay HC10 Feb 2026CHOL/105/2026

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What is this about?

Chamber Order granting condonation of delay and restoration of a rejected Petition; keywords: condonation of delay 45 days; setting aside order dated 14.10.2025; rejection for non-compliance of office objections; O.S. Rule 986; compliance praecipe within two weeks; restoration of petition to file; Prothonotary & Senior Master; Anil H. Laddhad; applicant out of station; 24 CHOL/105/2026; TPL/31175/2024; decided 10.02.2026.

What did the court decide?

Delay of 45 days in filing the Chamber Order condoned; Chamber Order granted as prayed (rejection order dated 14.10.2025 set aside); petitioner to remove office objections and get the Petition registered/numbered via compliance praecipe within two weeks of uploading of the order, failing which the Petition will stand rejected again under O.S. Rule 986. ¶3

Neela Anand Joshi vs Anand Narayan Joshi — Bombay HC (2026) — LawSathi Research

What the court decided

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Issue for consideration

Whether the delay of 45 days in filing the present Chamber Order should be condoned. +1 more

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Court's answer

The reasons stated in the Affidavit in Support appear genuine; substantial justice cannot be denied on a technical ground, and therefore the delay of 45 days in filing the present Chamber Order is condoned.

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Ratio / Principle

In the interest of justice the Chamber Order is granted as prayed, i.e., the rejection of the Petition is set aside and the petitioner may remove office objections and get the Petition registered and/or numbered by filing/uploading a compliance praecipe within two weeks of the uploading of this order.

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Key takeaways

If the petitioner fails to remove the office objections and register/number the Petition within two weeks from the date of uploading of the order, the Petition shall stand rejected for non-compliance of office objections under O.S. Rule 986.ratio¶4

Detailed headnote1 paragraphs

Chamber Order (24 CHOL/105/2026, decided 10.02.2026) under the Prothonotary & Senior Master: an applicant whose Petition (TPL/31175/2024) stood rejected on 14.10.2025 under O.S. Rule 986 for non-compliance of office objections obtained condonation of the 45-day delay in filing the Chamber Order and restoration of the Petition, on the ground that the reasons in the supporting affidavit appeared genuine and substantial justice cannot be denied on a technical ground. Restoration is conditional: office objections must be removed and the Petition registered/numbered by compliance praecipe within two weeks of uploading of the order, failing which the Petition will again stand rejected under O.S. Rule 986.

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Before : Anil H. Laddhad, Prothonotary & Senior Master Date : 10^th February, 2026

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FOR HEARING AND FINAL DISPOSAL :

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24 CHOL/105/2026 ) Mr. Abheek Melwani i/b. Ranjit Dilip Shinde, in ) Advocate for the applicant. TPL/31175/2024 ) ) P.C.: The present Chamber Order is e-filed by the ) applicant for setting aside Order dated ) 14.10.2025, rejecting captioned Petition under ) O.S.Rule 986 for non-compliance of office ) objections. ) ) Heard ld. Advocate for the applicant. Perused ) Affidavit in Support, contents of which are ) self-explanatory. It is contended that during ) relevant period, the applicant was out of ) station, therefore, office objections could not ) be complied with within given time. It is ) further contended that for the same reasons, ) delay of 45 days caused in filing present ) Chamber Order, which was not intentional. ) Therefore, it is prayed that captioned Petition ) may be restored to file. ) ) Reasons mentioned in Affidavit, appear to be ) genuine and substantial justice cannot be ) denied on technical ground. Hence, in the ) interest of justice, delay of 45 days caused in ) filing present Chamber Order is condoned and ) present Chamber Order is granted as prayed. ) ) The petitioner to remove office objections of ) Petition and get the same registered and/or ) numbered by filing/ uploading compliance ) praecipe within two weeks from the date of ) uploading of order, failing Petition to stand ) rejected for non-compliance of office ) objections under O.S.Rule 986.

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The petitioner to remove office objections of Petition and get the same registered and/or numbered by filing/ uploading compliance praecipe within two weeks from the date of uploading of order, failing Petition to stand rejected for non-compliance of office objections under O.S.Rule 986.

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Date : 10.02.2026

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Prothonotary and Senior Master

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Digitally signed by RAJEEV RAJEEVVIJAY VIJAYACHARYA ACHARYA Date: 2026.02.11 10:30:48 +0530

Neela Anand Joshi v. Anand Narayan Joshi

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