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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY
FIRDOSH P.POONIWALLA
Shishir Balkrishna Nevatia – Appellant
Versus
Dileep Balkrishna Nevatia – Respondent
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| 1. suit prays for estate administration and partition. (Para 1 , 2) |
| 2. suit barred by limitation under articles 58, 65. (Para 3 , 13) |
| 3. cause of action arose in 1990-2000 per plaint. (Para 4 , 5 , 6 , 7 , 8 , 9 , 10 , 11 , 12) |
| 4. administration suit limitation case-specific; no straitjacket formula. (Para 14 , 32) |
| 5. knowledge of intermeddling recent; different prior suits. (Para 15 , 16 , 17 , 18 , 19 , 20) |
| 6. plaint rejected wholly under order vii rule 11. (Para 33 , 34 , 35) |
| 7. article 106 applies: 12 years for administration suits. (Para 36 , 37 , 38 , 39 , 40 , 41) |
| 8. defendant's precedents distinguishable on facts. (Para 42 , 43 , 44 , 45 , 46 , 47 , 48 , 49 , 50 , 51 , 52 , 53 , 54 , 55 , 56) |
| 9. no abuse: different causes, parties in prior suits. (Para 57 , 58 , 59) |
| 10. interim application rejected; suit proceeds. (Para 60) |
JUDGMENT :
FIRDOSH P. POONIWALLA, J.
1. The present Suit is filed seeking the following final reliefs:
“(a) That it be declared that the estate of the Late Mother is liable to administered and distributed by the Defendant nos. 8 and 9 on obtaining the probate of her last Will and Testament dated 17th June 2009 in accordance with the terms thereof.
(b)
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