2025:BHC-AS:50534 Santosh IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO. 14896 OF 2025 Narayan Ananat Adhikari ...Petitioner Versus Yogita Yadneshwar Raul and ors. …Respondents Mr. Pratik Rohade, a/w Sarthak Diwan, for the Petitioner.

SANTOSH Mr. A. C. Bhadang, AGP for the State.

SUBHASH KULKARNI CORAM: N. J. JAMADAR, J.

Digitally signed by SANTOSH SUBHASH KULKARNI DATED: 20^th NOVEMBER, 2025 Date: 2025.11.21 20:28:15 +0530 Oral Order:-

1. Heard the learned Counsel for the petitioner.

2. The challenge in this petition is to an order dated 26^th August, 2025 passed by the learned Civil Judge, Palghar, whereby an application preferred by the petitioner – defendant No.1 for framing additional issues, namely, whether the plaintiffs prove that the plaintiffs have included all the joint family properties in, and impleaded the co-sharers as necessary parties to, the suit, and whether the suit is barred by law, came to be rejected.

3. The learned Counsel for the petitioner submitted that, in the written statement, the petitioner had specifically raised ground of non-inclusion of all the joint family properties, that the plaintiff had no right to institute