Ketan Vallabhji Veera v. Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai through the Municipal Commissioner
Case brief
What is this about?
Condonation of delay in filing application to substitute legal representatives after death of defendants; deletion of deceased defendant nos. 6 and 12; joinder of proposed defendant nos. 12A and 12B as heirs of both deceased defendants on the basis that defendant no. 12 predeceased defendant no. 6; setting aside of abatement; permission to heirs/legal representatives to adopt the written statement of the deceased defendant; direction to carry out amendment within two weeks; dispensation of reverification; service of amended plaint on all advocates; waiver of service of writ of sumsmons by counsel for defendant nos. 12A and 12B; Commercial Suit No. 27 of 2022; Interim Application No. 8238 of 2025; Bombay High Court, Ordinary Original Civil Jurisdiction; Gauri Godse, J.; order dated 9 March 2026.
What did the court decide?
Leave granted to the plaintiffs to delete defendant nos. 6 and 12 and to bring defendant nos. 12A and 12B on record as legal representatives/heirs of deceased defendant no. 12 and of deceased defendant no. 6; delay in filing condoned; abatement, if any, set aside; defendant no. 6 to be shown as deceased represented through defendant nos. 10, 11, 12A and 12B and defendant no. 12 through defendant nos. 12A and 12B; defendant nos. 10, 11, 12A and 12B permitted to adopt defendant no. 6's written statement; amendment within two weeks, reverification dispensed with, amended plaint to be filed and served on all advocates, and service of writ of summons waived by counsel for defendant nos. 12A and 12B.