IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION INTERIM APPLICATION (ST) NO.14797 OF 2026 IN APPEAL FROM ORDER (ST) NO.14796 OF 2026 Mumbai Press Club through its Secretary and Others ...Applicants V/s Mr. Gurbir Singh & Others … Respondents.

Mr. Girish Godbole, Senior Advocate with Mr. Abhishek Salian and Miss Kinnari Raut, Advocates for the Applicants.

Mr. Shiraz Rustomji, Senior Advocate with Mr. Aditya Bapat, Mr. Eshan Patel, Mr. Shailesh Prajapati i/b Dua Associates, Advocates for Respondent no.1.

CORAM : GAUTAM A. ANKHAD, J.

DATE : 22nd MAY 2026 [ VACATION COURT ]

P.C. :

1. The present Appeal from Order impugns the order dated 7^th May 2026, by which the learned Judge at the Bombay City Civil Court has granted ad-interim reliefs to original Plaintiff/Respondent no.1 herein.

2. Mr. Girish Godbole, learned senior counsel appearing on behalf of the Appellants submits that the impugned order is unsustainable and perverse as it does not provide any reasons or basis for granting the ad- interim reliefs. The findings are cryptic and the trial Court has erred in holding that Appellant no.1 has not followed the principles of natural justice whie expelling Respondent no