Mahesh Shripad Chandurkar vs Punjab National Bank — Bombay HC (2026) — LawSathi Research

Mahesh Shripad Chandurkar vs Punjab National Bank — Bombay HC (2026) — LawSathi Research

What the court decided

AI extract

Outcome

Writ Petition No. 3392 of 2025 disposed of as withdrawn in view of the OTS dated 3rd January, 2026; Registry (Office of the Prothonotary and Senior Master) directed to hand over to the Petitioners the three Demand Drafts deposited pursuant to earlier orders of this Court, within one week, enabling re-validation and payment to the Respondent under the OTS.

Issue for consideration

Whether the Petitioners may withdraw Writ Petition No. 3392 of 2025 in view of the OTS dated 3rd January, 2026 arrived at with the Respondent. +1 more

Court's answer

Permission to withdraw the Writ Petition having been sought in view of the OTS dated 3rd January, 2026, the Writ Petition is disposed of as withdrawn.

Ratio / Principle

The Registry (Office of the Prothonotary and Senior Master of this Court) is directed to hand over to the Petitioners the three Demand Drafts deposited pursuant to earlier orders of this Court, within a period of one week, so that they may be re-validated, if necessary, and paid to the Respondent under the OTS.

Key takeaways

The Registry (Office of the Prothonotary and Senior Master of this Court) shall act on authenticated copy of this order.ratio¶32

Detailed headnote1 paragraphs

Bombay High Court, Ordinary Original Civil Jurisdiction (R.I. Chagla and Advait M. Sethna, JJ.), Order dated 5 January 2026 in Writ Petition No. 3392 of 2025 (Mahesh Shripad Chandurkar & Ors. v. Punjab National Bank): On praecipe, the Petitioners sought leave to withdraw the Writ Petition in view of a One-Time Settlement (OTS) dated 3rd January, 2026 with the Respondent bank, and sought directions that the Registry (Office of the Prothonotary and Senior Master) hand back three Demand Drafts earlier deposited pursuant to orders of this Court, so that they could be re-validated, if necessary, and the amounts paid to the Respondent under the OTS. The Court disposed of the Writ Petition as withdrawn and directed the Registry to hand over the three Demand Drafts to the Petitioners within one week; the Registry was further directed to act on an authenticated copy of the order. No merits were adjudicated; no statute or precedent was cited and no quantum is stated in the order (draft particulars being confined to the praecipe).

M1-WP 3392.2025.doc

Kavita S.J.

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY ORDINARY ORIGINAL CIVIL JURISDICTION

WRIT PETITION NO.3392 OF 2025

Mahesh Shripad Chandurkar & Ors., ...Petitioners

Versus

Punjab National Bank

...Respondent

Mr. Nitin Gangal a/w Ms. Prapti Karkera i/b Ms. Namita Mestry for the Petitioners.

Mr. Vibin Nair i/b Orizon Legal for the Respondent.

Mahesh Chandurkar – Petitioner No.1 present.

CORAM : R.I. CHAGLA AND ADVAIT M. SETHNA, JJ.

DATED : 5^th JANUARY, 2026.

ORDER :

Matter mentioned. Not on board, taken on board.

By praecipe bearing today’s date, the learned Advocate

for the Petitioners has sought permission to withdraw the present

KAVITA SUSHIL JADHAV

Digitally signed by KAVITA SUSHIL JADHAV Date: 2026.01.05 15:40:43 +0530

Writ Petition in view of OTS dated 3rd January, 2026 which is

appended to the praecipe.

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Mr. Nitin Gangal, learned Counsel appearing for the Petitioners has sought directions to the Registry that in view of withdrawal of Writ Petition, the Registry (Office of the Prothonotary and Senior Master of this Court) be directed to handover three Demand Drafts, particulars of which have been mentioned in Paragraph 3 of the said praecipe, and which have been deposited pursuant to the orders of this Court in the present Writ Petition. This would enable the Petitioners to re-validate them, if necessary and pay the said amounts to the Respondent under the said OTS.

In view thereof, the Writ Petition is disposed of as withdrawn.

The Registry (Office of the Prothonotary and Senior

Master of this Court) is directed to handover to the Petitioners the three Demand Drafts deposited, particulars of which have been mentioned in Paragraph 3 of the praecipe, within a period of one week from today.

The Writ Petition No.3392 of 2025 is accordingly disposed of as withdrawn.

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The Registry (Office of the Prothonotary and Senior

Master of this Court) shall act on authenticated copy of this order.

[ADVAIT M. SETHNA, J.]

[R.I. CHAGLA, J.]

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