JITENDRA GORAKH MEGH (IN PERSON) vs GORAKH GOVIND MEGH

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14. IA 7713.2025 Jitendra Gorakh Megh vs. Gorakh Megh & Anr. IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY ORDINARY ORIGINAL CIVIL JURISDICTION INTERIM APPLICATION NO. 7713 OF 2025 IN SUIT NO. 1215 OF 2019 Jitendra Gorakh Megh …Applicant/Plaintiff V/s. Gorakh Govind Megh & Anr. …Defendants _______________________________________ Mr. Jitendra Gorakh Megh, Applicant/Plaintiff in-person Mr. Aditya Sharma a/w. Hitesh Gupta a/w. Vipul Makwana and Mohiteshwari Prasad for Defendant _______________________________________ CORAM : FARHAN P. DUBASH, J. DATE : 17th FEBRUARY 2026 Oral Judgment : 1. The present Interim Application (IA), preferred under Section 105 of the Mental Healthcare Act, 2017 (MHA), has been filed by the Applicant/Plaintiff seeking the appointment of an independent Medical Board to examine and assess the mental condition of Defendant No. 1, who is the Applicant's father and who is alleged to be suffering from mental illness. At the outset, it is pertinent to note that several disputes, both civil Page 1 of 14 ------------------------------------- Judgment dated 17th February 2026 14. IA 7713.2025 Jitendra Gorakh Megh vs. Gorakh Megh & Anr. and criminal are presently pending between the Applicant and Defendant No. 1 before various fora across Maharashtra and beyond. The captioned suit is one such proceeding, wherein the Applicant seeks a one-third share in the coparcenary/ancestral properties of Defendant No. 1. 2. By way of the present IA, the Applicant asserts that his father, Defendant No. 1 suffers from mental illness and, on that basis, challenges his mental competency and capacity to contest the captioned suit. In support of this contention, the Applicant relies upon a medical certificate issued by Metrocure Multispecialty Clinic and Diagnostic Centre (the Me