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Shriram General Insurance Company Ltd. v. Pramod Durga Yadav S/O. Devi Prasad Singh and Ors.

Bombay HC26 Feb 2026IA/691/2026

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What is this about?

Interim Application 691 of 2026 in FASt 135/2024, Bombay High Court, R. M. Joshi J., 26-02-2026; restoration of appeal dismissed by Registrar (Judl.-II) 12/07/2024 for failure to take steps against respondent No.2; Shriram General Insurance Company Ltd. v. Pramod Durga Yadav; undertaking to serve respondent within eight weeks; private service allowed alongside usual mode; appeal to stand dismissed if service not effected; notice of application dispensed with.

What did the court decide?

Restoration of the appeal against respondent No.2 in terms of prayer clauses A and B, conditioned on counsel's undertaking to serve respondent No.2 within eight weeks (private service permitted in addition to the usual mode), failing which the appeal will stand dismissed. ¶12

Shriram General Insurance Company Ltd. vs Pramod Durga Yadav S/O. Devi Prasad Singh and Ors. — Bombay HC (2026) — LawSathi Research

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Issue for consideration

Whether the appeal against respondent No.2, dismissed by the Registrar (Judl.-II) on 12/07/2024 for the Appellant's failure to take steps, should be restored. +1 more

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Court's answer

The application for restoration is allowed in terms of prayer clauses A and B; consequently the appeal against respondent No.2, earlier dismissed by the Registrar (Judl.-II) on 12/07/2024, stands restored.

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Ratio / Principle

Notice of the present application to respondent No.2 is dispensed with, since respondent No.2 has not yet been served.

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Key takeaways

Learned Counsel for the Appellant undertakes to take steps to serve respondent No.2 within a period of eight weeks, and on the basis of that undertaking the application is allowed.ratio¶12
In addition to the usual mode of service, private service of respondent No.2 is permitted.ratio¶15
If respondent No.2 is not served within the period of eight weeks, the appeal shall stand dismissed.ratio

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Bombay High Court (Civil Appellate Jurisdiction), R. M. Joshi, J., order dated 26 February 2026 in Interim Application No. 691 of 2026 in First Appeal (ST) No. 135 of 2024 (Shriram General Insurance Company Ltd., Appellant v. Pramod Durga Yadav and Others, Respondents): Allowed the Appellant's application for restoration of the appeal against respondent No.2, which had been dismissed by the Registrar (Judl.-II) by order dated 12/07/2024 for the reason that the Appellant failed to take steps against respondent No.2. Notice of the application to respondent No.2 was dispensed with as he was unserved. Counsel for the Appellant undertook to take steps to serve respondent No.2 within eight weeks; on that undertaking the application was allowed in terms of prayer clauses A and B. Private service was permitted in addition to the usual mode of service, and it was clarified that if respondent No.2 is not served within eight weeks the appeal will stand dismissed. No statutory provisions or precedents were cited; the order is purely procedural and decides no merits issue.

Shriram General Insurance Company Ltd. v. Pramod Durga Yadav S/O. Devi Prasad Singh and Ors.

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