Alok Premchand Kothari v. Vinay Kothari
Case brief
What is this about?
Bombay High Court, Ordinary Original Civil Jurisdiction; Suit No. 84 of 2024; I.A. 3905/2025, Alok Premchand Kothari (Defendant No. 1/Applicant) v. Vinay Kothari (Respondent); condonation of 488-day delay in filing Written Statement by Defendant No. 1; order dated 9 January 2026 by Farhan P. Dubash, J.; delay condoned, Written Statement to be filed before Registry by 13 January 2026 and copy served on Plaintiff; application disposed of, no order as to costs; companion I.A. 3283/2024 (Plaintiff's interim/ad-interim reliefs) adjourned to 16 January 2026 after Additional Affidavit dated 28 November 2025 taken on record; Counsel: Aishwaryajeeta Tawde (i/b Kanga & Co.) for Plaintiff; Akansha Patil with Rahul Agrawal (i/b M/s. Purnanand & Co.) for Defendant No. 1.
What did the court decide?
Condonation of the 488-day delay in filing the Written Statement granted in terms of Prayer Clauses (a) and (b); Defendant No. 1 permitted to file the Written Statement before the Registry on or before 13 January 2026 and serve a copy on the Plaintiff by the same date; the Interim Application disposed of with no order as to costs.