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BHARAT P. DESHPANDE
Vaman Krishna Mandrekar – Appellant
Versus
Satchit Krishna Manderkar – Respondent
Based on the provided legal document, the key points are as follows:
An unchallenged judicial order remains valid and binding until it is vacated, recalled, or declared void by a court with proper jurisdiction (!) (!) .
The order passed by the Inventory Court on 30/04/2009 for fixing the matter for auction was not challenged by any interested party and thus became final and enforceable (!) (!) .
The subsequent application filed on 06/12/2012 by the head of the family was primarily for fixing a date for the auction (licitation), not for initiating a new auction or for a fresh order of licitation (!) (!) .
The appellate court erroneously interpreted the nature of the application filed in 2012, misconstruing it as a request for a new auction, which led to a wrongful conclusion of waiver of the right to licitation due to delay (!) (!) .
The order of the Inventory Court dated 30/04/2009, which accepted the request for auction, remains valid and operative, as it was not challenged and was passed by a competent court with jurisdiction (!) (!) (!) .
The order passed in 2009 was kept in abeyance (sine die) due to pending litigation, but this does not negate its validity or enforceability (!) .
The Court reaffirmed that procedural misinterpretations or failures to challenge a valid judicial order do not render the order void or inoperative (!) (!) .
The appellate court's decision was found to be based on a misconstruction of facts and misapplication of legal principles, leading to its quashing (!) (!) .
The petition was allowed, and the impugned judgment was set aside, reaffirming the validity of the original order and the procedural correctness of the inventory proceedings (!) (!) .
Parties are to bear their own costs as per the ruling (!) .
These points emphasize the importance of respecting unchallenged judicial orders and clarify that procedural applications for fixing auction dates, when filed within the framework of existing valid orders, do not constitute new rights or orders, nor do they imply waiver of prior rights or orders.
JUDGMENT :
(Bharat P. Deshpande, J.)
1. Rule was issued vide order dated 09/12/2015.
2. Heard Mr. Nigel Da Costa Frias, learned Counsel for the petitioner and Mr. M.B. D'Costa, learned Senior Advocate for the Respondent.
3. A limited question is raised in the present petition as to whether the order passed by the First Appellate Court in allowing the appeal and rejecting the order of the Inventory Court for fixing the date of auction, needs interference.
4. Mr. Costa Frias would submit that upon the death of Krishna Mandrekar the Inventory Proceedings were instituted bearing No. 102 of 1999 before Panaji Court. Only one immovable property was listed in the list of assets left over by the deceased. Head of the family appointed by the Inventory Court applied for fixing the date for auction on the ground that valuation has been done and the description of assets left is also prepared. The learned Court passed an order on 30/04/2009 on such application that the matter is fixed for auction.
5. Mr. Costa Frias would further submit that immediately after passing of such order, the Inventory Court passed another order on the same date thereby keeping the matter sine die since suit between the p
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