IGATPURI HIGHWAY PRIVATE LIMITED vs MUMBAI NASHIK EXPRESSWAY LIMITED

SA-344-2018 & IA-13480-25.docx Amberkar IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION SECOND APPEAL NO. 344 OF 2018 M/s. Mumbai Nasik Express Way Limited Appellant .. (Org. Defendant) Versus Trambak Parbat Chavan Respondent .. (Org. Plaintiff) WITH INTERIM APPLICATION NO. 13480 OF 2025 IN SECOND APPEAL NO. 344 OF 2018 Igatpuri Highway Pvt Ltd .. Applicant IN THE MATTER BETWEEN M/s. Mumbai Nasik Express Way Limited Appellant .. (Org. Defendant) Versus Trambak Parbat Chavan Respondent .. (Org. Plaintiff) ....................  Mr. Divesh Chamboowala a/w Mr. Dharmesh Pandya i/by Ashwin Pandya & Associates, Advocates for Applicant  Mr. Sugandh Deshmukh, Advocate for Respondent ................... CORAM : MILIND N. JADHAV, J. DATE : DECEMBER 09, 2025 JUDGMENT: 1. Heard Mr. Chamboowala, learned Advocate for Applicant and Mr. Deshmukh, learned Advocate for Respondent. 2. The principal question for determination in the present Second Appeal raised by Appellant is :- "Whether on the date of publication of 1 SA-344-2018 & IA-13480-25.docx declaration / notification under Section 3-D of the National Highways Act, 1956 (for short "the said Act") the land acquired woul