HIRAMAN NIVRUTTI TUPE AND ANR vs SOU VIJAYMALA VINAYAK BAZARE AND ORS

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2025:BHC-AS:50474 Megha 904_cra_595_2016_fc.docx IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CIVIL REVISION APPLICATION NO.595 OF 2016 1. Hiraman Nivrutti Tupe 2. Ratan Nivrutti Tupe ...Applicants V/s. 1. Sou. Vijaymala Vinayak Bazare 2. Sou. Alka Krushnaji Kate 3. Kantilal Nivrutti Tupe 4. M/s. City Developers and Promoters Ltd. 5 M/s. Ojes Township Development & Construction Company Pvt. Ltd. ...Respondents Mr. Shailendra Kanetkar with Mr. Shubham Suryawanshi for the Applicants. Mr. Siddharth Wakankar, the learned counsel appearing for Respondent No. Abhijit P. Kulkarni with Mr. Gourav Shahane and Ms. Sweta Shah for Respondent No.3. Mr. Sameer Tiwari i/b. Mr. Amit Karle for Respondent No.4. CORAM: SANDEEP V. MARNE, J. DATED: 18 NOVEMBER 2025. Oral Judgment: 1) The Applicants have invoked revisionary jurisdiction of this Court under Section 115 of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 for Page No. 1 of 16 18 November 2025 Megha 904_cra_595_2016_fc.docx taking exception to order dated 19 April 2016 passed by the learned 6 th Jt. Civil Judge, Junior Division allowing Misc. Application No.105 of 2009 filed by Respondent No.1 seeking condonation of delay of over 200 days in filing the application for setting aside the ex-parte decree. 2) For better understanding of the controversy at hand, it may be necessary to briefly narrate the factual background. The Applicant No.1-Hiraman Nivrutti Tupe (Hiraman) had instituted S.C. Suit No.367 of 1996 seeking partition of the suit property against his father-Nivrutti Somaji Tupe, mother-Laxmibai Nivrutti Tupe and two brothers-Ratan Nivrutti Tupe and Kantilal Nivrutti Tupe. It appears that during pendency of the Suit, father-Nivrutti Tupe passed away and his legal heirs in the form of two sisters-Vijaymala Vinay