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PRACTICE NOTE NO. 1
No. P.1615/91.
N O T I C E
In partial modification of the Order dated 27th
September, 1995, all the Advocates and parties appearing in
person are hereby informed that His Lordship the Hon'ble the
Chief Justice is pleased to direct that the Advocates and parties
appearing in person should submit the synopsis duly signed by the
Advocates on record, alongwith the Appeal and Writ Petitions filed
on the Original Side as well as on the Appellate Side. The synopsis
should contain (1) the events and dates, (2) points to be heard, (3)
Acts / Rules to be referred to and (4) authorities to be cited.
They should also submit the synopsis consisting of
chronology of dates and events, along with Appeal from Order,
Civil Revision Applications, Criminal Appeals, Criminal Revision
Applications and Criminal Applications filed on the Appellate Side.
They are further informed that as and when the Appeal
and Writ Petitions are listed for final hearing, they should file a
fresh synopsis in the aforesaid format, highlighting the points
which are likely to be decided.
Dated this 6th day of November, 1995.
By Order,
Sd/-
Additional Registrar Prothonotary & Senior Master.(Judicial – I)
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PRACTICE NOTE NO.2
No.B/4527Bombay, 18th April, 1996.
N O T I C E
The Advocates and parties appearing in person are
hereby, pursuant to the directions of the Hon'ble the Chief Justice,
directed that as and when the Case/ Appeal / Matter / Suit /
Petition is called out in Court for admission/hearing, they should,
invariably, file appearance for the use of the Hon'ble Courts, in the
format given below, with the Court Associate/ Court Sheristedar.
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY FORMAT OF APPEARANCE
COURT ROOM NO. :
CASE/APPEAL/SUIT/MATTERWRIT PETITIONS :
NAMES OF THE COUNSELAPPEARING :
(a) FOR THE PLAINTIFF/PETITIONER/APPELLANT :
(b) FOR THE DEFENDANT/RESPONDENT/OPPONENT :
SIGNATURE:DATED:
(NOTE: Slips should be of yellow colour paper)
Sd/-Addl. Registrar (Judl.) Prothonotary & Senior Master
Appellate Side Original Side.
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PRACTICE NOTE NO.3No.B/4528Bombay, 18th April, 1996.
N O T I C E
The Advocates and parties appearing in person are
hereby, pursuant to the directions of the Hon'ble the Chief Justice,
directed to submit the Requisition Slip of Acts, Rules and Law
Reports, in the following format, separately, for each of the
parties, atleast one hour before the Case is expected to reach
hearing, to the Court Associate / Court Sheristedar of the
concerned Court.
FORMAT OF REQUISITION FORM
COURT ROOM NO. :
CASE/SUIT/WRIT PETITIONAPPEAL NO. :
SERIAL NUMBER OF THE :MATTER APPEARING ON
THE BOARD :
ACT, RULES, ETC. : (1) ..............(2) ..............(3) ...............
LAW REPORTS : (1) ..............(2) ..............(3) ..............
OTHER BOOKS :SIGNATURE OF THE ADVOCATES
FORTHE PETITIONER/PLAINTIFF/APPELLANT/RESPONDENT/DEFENDANT/OPPONENT.
(NOTE: Slips should be printed on blue colour paper)Sd/-
Addl. Registrar (Judl.) Prothonotary & Senior MasterAppellate Side Original Side.
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PRACTICE NOTE NO. 4
DATED 24TH DAY OF APRIL, 1996
Advocates and parties appearing in person are hereby
informed that applications for restoration of the cases dismissed
for default will be moved for orders, unless otherwise, directed by
the Hon'ble the Chief Justice, before the same Bench which had
passed the Order of dismissal.
By Order,
Sd/-Additional Registrar (Judl.-I) Prothonotary & Senior Master.
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PRACTICE NOTE NO. 5DATED 17TH JANUARY, 1997
The Advocates and parties appearing in-person are,
pursuant to the directions passed by the Hon'ble the Chief Justice,
hereby informed that the following practice note has came into
force with immediate effect.
1. Affidavits in the proceedings should be
got paginated before placing the same
before the Court.
2. Interim or interlocutory orders passed in the main
proceedings or in the Notices of Motion or Chamber
Summons or Summons for Judgment should be
indexed and kept in the proceedings in the
chronological order.
3. Whenever the Court grants ad-interim or interim
order in terms of prayer/s (a) etc., that entire
prayer/s should be reproduced in the order/minutes
of the order.
High Court, Original Side ) By Order,
) Sd/-
Bombay, 17
th
January, 1997. ) Prothonotary and Senior Master.
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PRACTICE NOTE NO. 6
It has been observed by the Courts that applications
for urgent relief and/or for ex-parte relief are moved withoutadequate notice to the opposite side. Being not satisfied about
the same, the Hon'ble the Chief Justice and Judges are pleased to
direct that as and when the Advocates and the parties appearing-
in-person move an urgent application and/or ex-parte application
for ad-interim or interim relief they should, before moving an
application inveriably give 48 hours written notice of such urgent
application to the Opponent/ Opposite Side and they should also
file a praecipe setting out the grounds of urgency and should
submit the same to the concerned Registry alongwith the proof of
service of the notice on the opponent / opposite side on the last
Court working day prior to the date of placing the matter for
urgent relief. This will not preclude the Court from granting in the
appropriate cases, ad-interim relief without following the aforesaid
procedure.
High Court, Original Side ) By Order,
) Sd/-
Bombay, 19th February, 1997. ) (A. R. Bapat)Prothonotary and Senior Master.
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PRACTICE NOTE NO. 7
The procedure of referring questions of law framed by the
Income Tax Tribunals to the High Court under the Income-tax Act,1961 is now deleted. Section 260A is added in the Income-tax Act,
1961. Similarly, section 27A is added in the Wealth Tax Act, 1957.
Section 260A reads as under :-
“Section 260A
(1) An appeal shall lie to the High Court from every
order passed in appeal by the Appellate Tribunal,
if the High Court is satisfied that the case
involves a substantial question of law.
(2) An appeal under this sub-section shall be:-
(a) filed within one hundred and twenty days
from the date on which the order appealed
against is communicated to the appellant;
(b) accompanied by a fee of ten thousand
rupees where such appeals is filed by an
assessee;
(c) in the form of memorandum of appeal
precisely stating therein the substantial
question of law involved.
(3) Where the High Court is satisfied that a
substantial question of law is involved in any
case, it shall formulate that question.
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(4) The appeal shall be heard only on the question
so formulated, and the respondents shall at thehearing of the appeal, be allowed to argue that
the case does not involve such question:
Provided that nothing in this sub-section shall
be deemed to take away or abridge the power of the
court to hear, for reasons to be recorded, the appeal
on any other substantial question of law not
formulated by it, if it is satisfied that the case
involved such question.
(5) The High Court shall decide the question of law
so formulated and deliver such judgment
thereon containing the grounds on which such
decision is founded and may award such cost as
it deems fit.
(6) The High Court may determine any issue
which -
(a) has not been determined by the
Appellate Tribunal; or
(b) has been wrongly determined by the
Appellate Tribunal, by reason of a
decision on such question of law as is
referred to in sub-section (1)”.
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Pursuant to the insertion of section 260A in the
Income-tax Act, 1961, section 27A in the Wealth Tax Act, 1957 andapplication of section 27A of the Wealth Tax Act to the
proceedings under the Gift Tax Act, 1958 by the Finance (No.2)
Act, 1998 with effect from 1st October, 1998, the following
practice-directions have been issued by the Hon'ble Chief Justice,
issued:
(1) Appeals under the above provisions of the
Income-tax Act, Wealth Tax Act and Gifts Tax Act
shall be numbered as “Tax Appeal (IT/WT/GT)”.
(2) Unless specially assigned, such appeals,
including applications, notices of motion etc., arising
therefrom, shall be placed for admission and/or
hearing before the Division Bench dealing with tax
references.
(3) Memorandum of appeal in such appeal should be
in conformity with the requirements of the said
sections and should be accompanied by a
statement of facts and the orders of the Tribunal as
also of the lower authorities. Any document on which
reliance was placed before the Tribunal should
also be annexed.
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(4) If, while deciding the appeal, the Tribunal has
followed any of its earlier order / orders either in the
case of the assessee itself in respect of any other
assessment year or in case of any other assessee,
such order / orders should also be annexed to the
memorandum of appeal.
(5) On being numbered, such appeals shall be placed for
admission.
By Order,
High Court, O. S. B'bay. Sd/-30th September, 1998. Prothonotary and Senior Master.
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PRACTICE NOTE NO. 8
DATED 31st JULY, 1999
In supersession of the Practice Note No. 4 dated 24th
April, 1996, the Advocates and parties appearing-in-person are
hereby informed that applications for restoration of the cases
dismissed for default should be moved for orders, unless otherwise
directed by the Hon'ble the Chief Justice, before the regular Court.
BY ORDER,
PROTHONOTARY AND SENIOR MASTER.
HIGH COURT ) Sd/-
BOMBAY. ) ADDL. REGISTRAR (J-I).
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PRACTICE NOTE NO. 09
It has been observed by the Hon'ble the Chief Justice
that Judicial time of the Hon'ble Courts is wested in finding out theorders passed earlier on interlocutory proceedings in the matter
by the Hon'ble Court. It has therefore been directed that while
registering all miscellaneous applications, such as Notice of Motion
/ Chamber Summons / Summons for Judgment / Interim Petitions
taken out in main Suit, Petition, Appeal or matters, order sheets /
proforma should be annexed for recording the orders passed on
such interlocutory proceedings.
Advocates and parties appearing-in-person are,
therefore, hereby directed to annex, with immediate effect,
sufficient number of order sheets / proforma at the time of
registration of interim or misc. application. They are further
directed that they should also annex Order Sheets / proforma in all
pending Miscellaneous matters, such as Notices of Motions /
Chamber Summons / Summons for Judgment / Judge's Summons /
Interim Petitions and matters within four weeks from the date
hereof.
All concerned Section Officers and Clerks working in
filing Department and Staff working in Computer Counter to take
note of the above directions and take follow up action.
Sd/-
19th June, 2000. PROTHONOTARY AND SENIOR MASTER.
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PRACTICE NOTE NO. 10
Advocates and parties appearing-in-person are
hereby informed that all Income Tax Appeals U/s 260A of theIncome Tax Act relating to Kolhapur, Nashik, Pune, Raigad,
Ratnagiri, Sindhudurg-Oras, Satara, Sangli, Solapur and Thane
Divisions shall hereinafter be filed only on the Original Side of the
High Court at Bombay.
They are hereby further informed that all Income Tax
Appeals which are filed on the Appellate Side of the High Court at
Bombay, and which are pending Admission / numbering are
directed to be transferred to the Original Side of the Bombay High
Court. In future also, all such Appeals shall be filed only on the
Original Side of the High Court, at Bombay.
Bombay, dated this 11th day of August, 2000.
BY ORDER
Sd/- Sd/-(A. R. BAPAT)
REGISTRAR PROTHONOTARY AND SENIOR MASTERHIGH COURT, APPELLATE SIDE HIGH COURT, O. S. BOMBAY
BOMBAY.
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PRACTICE NOTE NO. 11
Advocates and parties appearing-in-person are
hereby informed that the Hon'ble the Chief Justice has beenpleased to direct the Office to accept xerox copies of documents
annexed to plaints, written statements, petitions, appeals,
affidavits etc., provided the said copies are clear, legible and
unmarked.
Sd/-
1st June, 2001. Prothonotary and Senior Master.
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No. G/Amend/13094
PRACTICE NOTE NO. 12
Re: Matters falling under the Companies Act, 1956
Advocates and parties appearing-in-person are
hereby informed that pursuant to the decision taken by the
Administrative Judges to continue status quo in Rules pending
setting up of offices of Registrar of Companies and Official
Liquidator at Aurangabad, the Hon'ble Judge taking Company
matters will continue to hear and decide winding up applications
and all other applications under the Companies Act, 1956 in
respect of Companies having Registered Office in the areas falling
within the jurisdiction of Aurangabad Bench on the Original Side of
the High Court at Bombay.
Sd/-
14th November, 2002. Prothonotary and Senior Master.
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PRACTICE NOTE NO. 13
Re:- Appeals u/s. 260A of Income Tax Act
Advocates and parties appearing-in-person are
hereby informed that earlier Appeals under Section 260A of the
Income Tax Act were shown in the first instance 'for Admission'
and thereafter for final hearing. However, to expedite the process,
it has been decided to do away with the procedure of all Appeals
being shown for Admission in the first instance. Accordingly, they
are hereby further informed that until further orders, all Appeals
filed under Section 260A of the Income-tax Act will be listed 'for
hearing and final disposal' without matters being shown for
Admission in the first instance.
Dated this 9th day of December, 2002.
By Order,
HIGH COURT, ORIGINAL SIDE ) Sd/-
) (MS. A. RODRIGUES)BOMBAY. ) PROTHONOTARY & SENIOR MASTER.
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PRACTICE NOTE NO. 13 IS DISCONTINUED
N O T I C E
Advocates and parties appearing-in-person arehereby informed that as per Practice Note No.13 dated 9th
December, 2002, it was informed that Appeals under Section 260A
of the Income Tax Act will be listed “For Hearing and Final
Disposal” without matters being shown “For Admission” in the first
instance. They are hereby further informed that the said Practice
Note No.13 dated 9th December, 2002 is hereby discontinued w. e.
f. Tuesday, the 13th
July, 2004. They are, therefore, informed thatin future, all Appeals under Section 260A of the Income Tax Act
will appear on Board for Admission in the first instance and
thereafter for Final Hearing.
Dated this 12th day of July, 2004.
By Order,
HIGH COURT, ORIGINAL SIDE ) Sd/-
) (MS. A. RODRIGUES)BOMBAY. ) PROTHONOTARY & SENIOR MASTER.
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PRACTICE NOTE NO.14
N O T I C E
The Hon'ble the Chief Justice is pleased to direct thatwith immediate effect, the following procedure will be followed in
the matters of circulation / production for getting interim or ad-
interim relief etc.,:
1. The Advocate must make statement in urgent
circulation / production praecipe that all office
objections are removed.
2. Before moving such circulation / production
praecipes, the Advocate must invariably give
48 hours written notice to that effect to the
other side. If other side is not resident of
Mumbai, then 4 days written notice by speed
post or telegram or registered post A. D. must
be given to other side. The Advocate should
also submit praecipe to the Additional Registrar
(J-I) along with the proof of service of the
notice to other side. Circulation / production
will not be allowed if this procedure is not
followed.
3. In the Circulation / production praecipe the
grounds of urgency must be mentioned.
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4. In the Circulation / production praecipe,
statement must be made that legible copiesof documents on which applicant wants to
rely are produced.
5. In the matters in which the Court has granted
ad-interim / interim reliefs, the Advocates
must give written notice to the other side on
the next day of granting of ad-interim/ interim
reliefs by fax / Speed Post / Telegram /
Registered Post A. D. specifically informing
the returnable date as fixed by the Hon'ble
Court and file affidavit of service to that effect
with the Additional Registrar (Judl.I) well in
advance atleast prior to 4 days of the date
fixed. If such notice is not given and affidavit
of service is not filed, the matters will be
dismissed for default.
6. Aforesaid procedure will not preclude the Court
from granting in appropriate cases ad-interim
relief without following aforesaid procedure.
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7. If false statement is found to be made in
Circulation / Production praecipe or if it isnoticed that after getting ad-interim ex-parte
relief, steps to serve notice on other side are
not taken the matter may be dismissed for
default and heavy cost may be imposed on
the applicants.
High Court, Appellate Side } By Order,
}
} Sd/-} (T. V. Nalawade)
Bombay, 22nd September, 03. } Additional Registrar(Judl. I)
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PRACTICE NOTE NO. 15
N O T I C E
For the enforcement of the provisions of the Rulesframed under Bombay High Court, Appellate Side Rules, 1960
regarding the presentation of Appeals and Applications, the
Hon'ble the Chief Justice is pleased to direct that with immediate
effect, following procedure will be followed:-
1. The matters ( including affidavit, reply) shall be
directly presented to Section Officer of concerned
Section who shall scrutinize and examine the
matter on the same day.
2. The Section Officer shall not accept the matter
unless the requirements laid down in Appellate
Side Rules are duly complied with. In addition
to these requirements, the requirements notified
in previous practice notes and the present one
shall be complied with.
3. The additional requirements are as follows:-
(a) The xerox copies annexed shall be legible.
(b) There shall not be underlines or markings
on any documents presented.
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(c) When the Judgment, Order, G.R. / Circular
is under challenge or relevant documentsare not in English, typed copies of translation
in English of such documents shall be produced.
(d) The matter shall be presented with thick card
board cover.
(e) The affidavit shall be in confirmity with rules
framed in Chapter III of Appellate Side Rules.
The affidavit shall contain the statements of
fact which the declarant swears or solemnly
affirms.
(f) Affidavit, reply, rejoinder or sur - rejoinder
shall not be accepted unless it carries proper
pagination, pagination shall be in continuation
of petition, reply etc., already filed.
4. The Section Officer shall give reasons in writing
if he refuses to accept the matter. He shall also
make endorsement of refusal on the
presentation form. Carbon copy of
memorandum of reasons shall be preserved as
the office copy.
5. The Office shall maintain a register of matters
which are not accepted.
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6. At the time of subsequent presentation of
the same matter, there shall be mention onthe presentation form that it is the 2nd or 3rd
etc., presentation. On such occasions the
memorandum of reasons given by office shall
be annexed with the presentation form and
statement shall be made by the advocate or
the party on the memorandum that
requirements laid down in memorandum
are duly complied with. The office shall not
assign any reason when the matter is not
accepted on 3rd and subsequent to 3rd
presentation.
7. No matter which has not been first filed in
the office, shall be brought before or presented
to the Court. No production will be allowed
unless statement is made in praecipe that the
matter is filed in the office.
High Court, Appellate Side } By Order,}} Sd/-} (T. V. Nalawade)
Bombay, 16th October, 2003. } Additional Registrar(Judl. I)
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PRACTICE NOTE NO. 15(A)
N O T I C E
In partial modification of Practice Note No. 15 notified
on 16.10.2003, the Hon'ble the Chief Justice is pleased to direct
that with immediate effect, the following procedure will be
followed as regards the production of typed copies of translation in
English of the documents.
When the Judgment, orders, G.R./Circular under
challenge is not in English, when the advocate / party wants to
rely on the judgment, order, G.R./Circular which are not in English,
typed copies of translation in English of such judgment, order,
G.R./Circular shall be produced.
When the advocate / party wants to produce other
documents as relevant documents, the advocate / party shall give
undertaking that typed copies of translation in English of such
relevant documents shall be produced if required by the Court.
High Court, Appellate Side )
) Sd/-
Bombay, 11th November, 2003.) Additional Registrar (J-I)
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PRACTICE NOTE NO.15-B
N O T I C E
To enable the filing of Civil Appeals and Revisions in thisCourt when the decree is not prepared by the Trial Court or the
First Appellate Court, the Hon'ble the Chief Justice is pleased to
direct that with immediate effect the following procedure will be
followed:-
When a Trial Court or the First Appellate Court has not
prepared the decree, the presentation of Civil Appeal and
Revisions will be accepted subject to following conditions:-
(a) That the party or the advocate makes declarationin writing in the application then an application isalready made to the Trial Court or the FirstAppellate Court in time for getting the certifiedcopy of decree which is to be challenged in the HighCourt.
(b) That the party or the advocate gives undertakingthat the certified copy of the decree will be filed in
the High Court immediately after it is delivered to theparty by the Trial Court or the First Appellate Court.
(c) That the party must make out urgency in theapplication filed for dispensing with copy of decreefor institution of the proceedings.
High Court, Appellate Side }
} Sd/-} (T. V. Nalawade)
Bombay, 24th February, 2004. } Registrar (Judl. )
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PRACTICE NOTE NO. 16
Assignment of Judicial work to various Benches by the
Hon'ble the Chief Justice from time to time shall be strictly
adhered to. A matter shall be listed only before a Bench
constituted by the Chief Justice for hearing matters of such
category. The Registry shall not list any such matter before any
other Bench without the orders of the Chief Justice. In case any
matter cannot be heard by a Bench so constituted for hearing
such category of matter, the Registry shall specifically seek
directions of the Chief Justice. A Division Bench or a Bench
comprising of a Single Judge shall not be constituted without the
orders of the Chief Justice. This Practice Note shall apply to part-
heard matters also. However, this Practice Note shall not apply to
the review applications which are governed by Chapter XXX Rule 3
of High Court, Appellate Side Rules, 1960 and to the matters
where the concerned Bench has declined to take up the matters
and such matters shall be governed by Circular dated 29.3.2004.
High Court, Appellate Side }}} Sd/-} (Mrs. M. R. Bhatkar)
Bombay, 28th April, 2004. } Registrar (Judicial)
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PRACTICE NOTE NO. 17
The Hon'ble the Acting Chief Justice directs that while
taking up the matters for final hearing chronologically, prioritymay be given to Supreme Court time bound matters and matters
of Senior Citizens and matters involving extra ordinary urgency or
extreme and severe hardship in the first session, without
disturbing the directions issued on 5th May, 2004.
To enable hearing and final disposal of the matters
mentioned in the above 3 categories, applications may be made
before the Benches as per their respective assignments.
However, since more than one Bench is assigned, the same
category of matters, Advocates and Parties-in-person may take out
such applications before the Benches as given below:
BOMBAY BENCH
1. The Hon'ble Shri Justice ) Civil Writ PetitionsV. G. PALSHIKAR )
AND )
The Hon'ble Shri Justice )V. M. KANADE )
2. The Hon'ble Shri Justice ) Criminal AppealsH. L. GOKHALE )
AND ) The Hon'ble Shri Justice )
A. S. AGUIAR )
3. The Hon'ble Smt. Justice ) Criminal Appeals / Revision
V. K. TAHILRAMANI ) Applications / Criminal) Applications.
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1. The Hon'ble Shri Justice ) Civil Writ Petitions.S. RADHAKRISHNAN )
AND )
The Hon'ble Shri Justice )K. J. ROHEE )
2. The Hon'ble Shri Justice ) Criminal Appeals (S.J.)P. S. BRAHME )
3. The Hon'ble Shri Justice ) First Appeals & SecondA. V. MOHTA ) Appeals.
AURANGABAD BENCH
1. The Hon'ble Shri Justice ) Civil Writ Petitions.S. B. MHASE )
AND ) The Hon'ble Shri Justice )
A. P. DESHPANDE )
2. The Hon'ble Shri Justice ) First Appeal and SecondN. V. DABHOLKAR ) Appeals.
3. The Hon'ble Shri Justice ) Criminal Appeals/ WritV. G. MUNSHI ) Petitions/ Revision) Applications.
While deciding the chronology of the Writ Petitions or
appeals or applications, the year of the institution of the suit shall
be taken into account as a criterion for giving preference.
High Court, Appellate Side } By Order,
}} Sd/-} (Mrs. M. R. Bhatkar)
Bombay, 28th June, 2004. } Registrar (Judicial)
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PRACTICE NOTE NO. 18
The Hon'ble the Acting Chief Justice directs that while
taking up the matters for final hearing chronologically, priority
may be given to Supreme Court time bound matters, matters of
Senior Citizens and matters involving extra ordinary urgency or
extreme and severe hardship in the first session, without
disturbing the directions issued on 5th May, 2004.
To enable hearing and final disposal of the matters
mentioned in the above categories, applications may be made
before the Benches as per their respective assignment.
While deciding the chronology of the Writ Petitions or
Appeals or applications, the year of the institution of the suit shall
be taken into account as criterion for giving preference.
Dated this 6th day of July, 2004.
By Order,
High Court, Original Side )) Sd/-) (Ms. A. Rodrigues)
Bombay. ) Registrar (O. S.)/Prothonotary and Senior Master.
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PRACTICE NOTE NO. 19
The Hon'ble the Acting Chief Justice has issued Practice
Note No.17 as follows:-
The Hon'ble the Acting Chief Justice directs that whiletaking up the matters for final hearing chronologically, priority
may be given to Supreme Court time bound matters and matters
of Senior Citizens and matters involving extra ordinary urgency or
extreme and severe hardship in the first session, without
disturbing the directions issued on 5th May, 2004.
To enable hearing and final disposal of the matters
mentioned in the above 3 categories, applications may be made
before the Benches as per their respective assignments.
However, since more than one Bench is assigned, the same
category of matters, Advocates and Parties-in-person may take out
such applications before the Benches as given below:
BOMBAY BENCH
1. The Hon'ble Shri Justice ) Civil Writ Petitions
V. G. PALSHIKAR )AND )The Hon'ble Shri Justice )
V. M. KANADE )
2. The Hon'ble Shri Justice ) Criminal AppealsH. L. GOKHALE )
AND ) The Hon'ble Shri Justice )
A. S. AGUIAR )
3. The Hon'ble Smt. Justice ) Criminal Appeals / RevisionV. K. TAHILRAMANI ) Applications / Criminal
) Applications.
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1. The Hon'ble Shri Justice ) Civil Writ Petitions.S. RADHAKRISHNAN )
AND )
The Hon'ble Shri Justice )K. J. ROHEE )
2. The Hon'ble Shri Justice ) Criminal Appeals (S.J.)P. S. BRAHME )
3. The Hon'ble Shri Justice ) First Appeals & SecondA. V. MOHTA ) Appeals.
AURANGABAD BENCH
1. The Hon'ble Shri Justice ) Civil Writ Petitions.S. B. MHASE )
AND ) The Hon'ble Shri Justice )
A. P. DESHPANDE )
2. The Hon'ble Shri Justice ) First Appeal and SecondN. V. DABHOLKAR ) Appeals.
3. The Hon'ble Shri Justice ) Criminal Appeals/ WritV. G. MUNSHI ) Petitions/ Revision) Applications.
While deciding the chronology of the Writ Petitions or
appeals or applications, the year of the institution of the suit shall
be taken into account as a criterion for giving preference.
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In continuation of the Practice Note No.17, the Hon'ble
the Acting Chief Justice directs that the matters falling in the 3categories i. e. Supreme Court time bound matters, matters of
Senior Citizens and matters involving extra ordinary urgency or
extreme and severe hardship may be moved before the Bench
taking up admission work in the relevant categories, irrespective
of year wise assignment before the Bench as per Roster.
High Court, Appellate Side } By Order,}} Sd/-} (Mrs. M. R. Bhatkar)
Bombay, 15th July, 2004. } Registrar (Judicial)
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PRACTICE NOTE NO. 20
It has been observed by the Hon'ble the Chief Justice that
large number of matters are lying in the Branches as unready due
to trivial objections. Hence, the Hon'ble the Chief Justice is
pleased to give the following directions to all the Departments
that:-
(i) The matters with the Civil Applications shall be
treated as ready for final hearing and placed beforethe Court except the matters in which the CivilApplications for legal heir is pending and inwhich other side is not served.
(ii) The First Appeals and Second Appeals after R & P isreceived in which printing is not yet availableshall also be treated as ready for final hearingand placed before the Court so that the printing canbe dispensed with directing Advocates for theAppellants to supply private paper books within thetime limit so ordered by the Court. If private paperbooks are not supplied within the time granted,the matters will be placed before the Court for
dismissal for non compliance.
High Court, Appellate Side } By Order,}} Sd/-} (Mrs. M. R. Bhatkar)
Bombay, 4th August, 2004. } Registrar (Judicial)
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PRACTICE NOTE NO. 21
The Advocates and parties appearing-in-person are
hereby informed that pursuant to the directions given by the
Hon'ble the Chief Justice, whenever there is Order passed by the
Hon'ble Court in Writ Petitions for issuance of Notice against the
Respondent/s, the Advocate/s for the Petitioner/s and/or
Petitioner/s in-person shall give sufficient copies of the pleadings
to the Registry and shall deposit a sum sufficient to meet the
costs of service by Registered Post A/D on each of the
Respondents ordered to be served and in cases where Petitioner's
Advocates or the Petitioner/s-in person request the Hon'ble Court
for dasti (hamdast) service and, if the Hon'ble Court allows such
dasti (hamdast), then Registry shall prepare notice and Petitioner's
Advocate/s or the Petitioner/s-in-person shall give sufficient copies
of the pleadings to Registry and the Registry shall hand over
sealed packet containing Notice with copy of pleadings to the
Petitioner's Advocate/s or the Petitioner/s-in-person who shall attheir cost, effect service thereof on the Respondents and file
Affidavit of Service in the Registry.
Dated this 17th day of June, 2005.
By Order,
High Court, Original Side )
) Sd/-
) (Ms. A. Rodrigues)Bombay. ) Registrar (O. S.)/
Prothonotary and Senior Master.
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PRACTICE NOTE NO. 22AS PER CORRIGENDUM DATED 06.12.2005
PRACTICE NOTE NO. 21
In order to ensure preparation of Daily/Weekly Boards
before 4.45 p.m. and consequently delivery of Labai to the Hon'ble
Judges by 5.30 p.m. in their Chambers, the following instructions
are issued to the Registry (Judicial).
1. Admission Board to be got settled from the respective Courts
by the Associate / Sheristedar by 2.00 p. m.
2. Balance Board to be followed by circulated and due matters.
3. Balance Board not to be printed for the next day, save and
except a Note stating that the balance matters from serial no.
onwards will be taken up followed by circulated matters.
4. The day on which circulation is granted, the circulated
matters must be sent to the Board Department on the same
day before 2.00 p.m. When Circulation is granted, the
Department must trace the matter on the same day of
circulation and forward it to the Board Department without
waiting till one day prior to the due date.
5. The matters which are taken up for admission and adjourned
for the next day must not be sent to Board Department, but
should be retained with the Associate / Sheristedar for
being sent to the Hon'ble Judge directly.
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6. No circulation be granted for the next day.
7. For final hearing matters - If the matter is adjourned tothe next week/s then only the matter must be sent to the
Board Department. Otherwise, the matter should be
retained by the Associates / Sheristedar after making
note on the Farad that the matter is adjourned in the
same week. He shall retain the papers with him for being
sent to the Hon'ble Judge.
8. Affidavits in reply should be filed two days prior to the
returnable date of the matter, as prescribed under Rule 11 of
Chapter 17 of the High Court Appellate Side Rules, 1960.
High Court, Appellate Side ) By Order,
)
) Sd/-
Bombay, date 24th November, 2005) (A. J. Rohee)Registrar (Judicial – I)
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PRACTICE NOTE NO. 23
N O T I C E
In supersession of directions issued under Practice Note
Nos.15 and 15(A) issued on 16.10.2003 and 11.11.2003respectively, regarding presentation of appeals and applications,
the Hon'ble the Acting Chief Justice has been pleased to direct
that with immediate effect, the following procedure will be
followed:-
1. The matters ( inclusive affidavit, reply) shall be
directly presented to Section Officer of concerned
Section who shall scrutinize and examine the matter
on the same day.
2. In addition to the requirements specified in the High
Court, Appellate Side Rules 1960, the requirements
notified in previous Practice Notes and the present
one shall be complied with.
3. The additional requirements are as follows:-
(a) the xerox copies annexed shall be legible.
(b) there shall not be underlines or markings
on any documents presented.
(c) when the Judgment, Order, G.R./Circular
under challenge is not in English, when the
advocate/party wants to rely on the judgment,
order, G.R./Circular which are not in English,
typed copies of translation in English of such
judgment, order, G.R. / Circular shall be
produced.
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When the advocate/party wants to produce other
documents as relevant documents, the advocate /
party shall give undertaking that typed copies of translation in English of such relevant documents
shall be produced if required by the Court.
(d) the matter shall be presented with thick card board
cover.
(e) the affidavit shall be in confirmity with rules framed
in Chapter III of Appellate Side Rules. The affidavit
shall contain the statements of fact which the
declarant swears or solemnly affirms.
(f) Affidavit, reply, rejoinder or sub-rejoinder shall not
be accepted unless it carries proper pagination.
Pagination shall be in continuation of petition, reply
etc., already filed.
4. No matter which has not been first filed in the
office, shall be brought before or presented to the
Court. No production will be allowed unless
statement is made in praecipe that the matter is
filed in the office.
High Court, Appellate Side ) By Order,
) Sd/-
Bombay, dt.10th August, 2006. ) (C. L. PANGARKAR)Registrar General.
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PRACTICE NOTE NO. 24
N O T I C E
In supersession of directions issued under Practice NoteNos. 15 and 15(A) issued on 16.10.2003 and 11.11.2003
respectively, the Hon'ble the Acting Chief Justice has been pleased
to direct that with immediate effect, the following procedure will
be followed:-
1. All filing should be done strictly in accordance with
the requirements of the High Court Appellate Side
Rules, 1960 (“the Rules”) under which filing of no
matter can be rejected, except those specifically
provided for therein.
2. The Registrars ( Judicial ), on presentation of a
matter, shall examine it in accordance with the
requirements of the Rules and notify the office
objections as prescribed therein.
3. The Registrars ( Judicial ) would adhere to the
requirements of the Rules and will not grant
liberal adjournments for removal of office
objections. This be not read as any restriction
on their powers to grant time for removal of
office objections.
4. No matter will be listed before the Court unless
the circulation slip / praecipe contains the stamp
number of the matter.
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5. When the judgment, order, Government Resolution
/ Circular under challenge is not in English and the
Advocate / party wants to rely thereon, the typedEnglish translation thereof shall be produced.
6. When the Advocate / party wants to produce other
documents as relevant documents, the Advocate /
party shall give undertaking that typed English
translation thereof shall be produced, if required
by the Court.
7. In addition to the requirements specified in the
High Court, Appellate Side Rules, 1960, the
requirements notified in previous Practice Notes
and the present one shall be complied with.
8. The additional requirements are as follows:-
(a) The xerox copies annexed shall be legible.
(b) There shall not be underlines or markings
on any documents presented.
(c) When the Judgment, Order, G.R. / Circular
under challenge is not in English, when the
advocate/party wants to rely on the judgment
order, G.R./Circular which are not in English
typed copies of translation in English of such
judgment, order, G.R. / Circular shall be
produced.
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When the advocate / party wants to produce
other documents as relevant documents, theadvocate / party shall give undertaking that
typed copies of translation in English of such
relevant documents shall be produced if required
by the Court.
(d) The matter shall be presented with thick card
board cover.
(e) The affidavit shall be in confirmity with rules
framed in Chapter III of Appellate Side Rules.
The affidavit shall contain the statements of
fact which the declarant swears or solemnly
affirms.
(f) Affidavit, reply, rejoinder or sub-rejoinder shall
not be accepted unless it carries proper
pagination. Pagination shall be in continuation
of petition, reply, etc., already filed.
High Court, Appellate Side ) By order,
)
) Sd/-
Bombay,dt, 16th August, 2006. ) (C. L. PANGARKAR)
Registrar General.
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PRACTICE NOTE NO.25
In supersession of the directions issued under
Practice Note No.5 dated 17th January, 1997, the Hon'ble the
Acting Chief Justice has been pleased to direct that with
immediate effect, the following procedure will be followed:-
All Affidavits, i. e. Replies, Rejoinders, Sur-Rejoinders etc.,
shall not be accepted unless they are properly paginated. The
Pagination shall be in continuation of Petition, reply etc., already
filed.
The Advocates/Litigants should ensure that such
pagination should be in consonance with the pagination already
given to the aforesaid documents which are already filed in the
Registry and to carry out the said pagination well in advance
before the matter appears on board to avoid inconvenience to the
Hon'ble Court.
The Advocates/Litigants should serve the copy of the
aforesaid documents on the other side only after verifying thepagination given on the documents which are already filed in the
Registry so as to avoid the repetition of running page numbers.
By Order,
High Court, Original Side )
) Sd/-) (Ms. A. Rodrigues)Bombay, 25th September, 2006.) Registrar (O. S.)/
Prothonotary and Senior Master.
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PRACTICE NOTE NO.26
The Advocates and parties appearing-in-person are
hereby informed that pursuant to the directions given by theHon'ble Shri Justice Dr. D. Y. Chandrachud, the Hon'ble Company
Judge, the existing procedure of issuing Notices u/s. 394(1) and
394A of the Companies Act, 1956 to the Official Liquidator and the
Regional Director respectively, through the Company Department
is dispensed with hereafter, such Notices shall be issued and
served directly by the Advocate (s) for the Petitioner(s)/
Applicant (s) and/or the parties appearing-in-person on the Official
Liquidator and the Regional Director.
They are further informed that in the Company
Applications and Company Petitions filed u/s. 391 to 394 of the
Companies Act, 1956, i. e. in the Scheme matters it is noticed that
the following documents annexed to one Company Application
filed by the Transferee Company are repeatedly annexed to the
Company Application / Petition filed by the Transferor company
(ies):-
(a) Copy of Memorandum & Articles of Association of Applicant/Transferor Company.
(b) Copy of Memorandum & Articles of Association of
Transferee / Resulting Company.
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(c) Copy of Audited Balance Sheet (of last financial year)of Applicant / Transferor Company.
(d) Copy of Audited Balance Sheet (of last financial year)of Transferee / Resulting Company.
(e) Copy of the Proposed Scheme of Arrangement /Amalgamation.
(f) Copy of the latest provisional / unaudited BalanceSheet of the Transferor / Demerged Company.
(g) Copy of the latest provisional / unaudited BalanceSheet of the Transferee / Resulting Company.
Hence, in order to avoid duplication of documents
and in order to save space occupied by such documents, as per
the directions of His Lordship it is decided that henceforth while
filing a Company Application / Petition in Scheme Matters, the
aforesaid documents shall be annexed to the Application / Petition
filed by the Transferee Company only and no such documents
shall be annexed to the Application / Petition filed by the
Transferor Company. However, averments to that effect is to be
made in the Application / Petition filed by the Transferor Company.
In case the scheme of Arrangement / Amalgamation where only
one Application / Petition is filed, the current practice of enclosing
all Exhibits will continue. They are also informed that if the
Transferee Company is situated in the
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jurisdiction of the some other Court, in such a case the
abovementioned documents are to be annexed to the CompanyApplication / Petition filed by the Transferor Company (ies).
Dated this 31st day of October, 2007.
By Order,
High Court, Original Side ) Sd/-
) (Ms. A. Rodrigues)Bombay. ) Registrar (O. S.)/
Prothonotary and Senior Master.
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PRACTICE NOTE NO. 27
Advocates and parties appearing-in-person are hereby
informed that pursuant to the directions of the Hon'ble Shri Justice
Dr. D. Y. Chandrachud (the Hon'ble Company Judge), they are
required to furnish the following information (in the tabular
format) at the time of hearing of the Company Petitions filed under
Section 78, 80, 100 to 105 and 391 to 394 of the Companies Act,
1956:-
(1) No. of Company Petition and connected Company
Application/s.
(2) Introduction of the Petitioner Company.
(3) Nature of the Scheme (i.e. Amalgamation, Arrangement,
etc.,)
(4) Purpose / Reasons of the Scheme.
(5) Name of the Transferor / Demerged Company.
(6) Name of the Transferee / Resulting Company.(7) Compliance with the Statutory Requirements.
(8) Details of Meetings, Consents, service of individuals
notices in respect of Shareholders (Equity and Preference)
and Creditors (Secured and Unsecured)
(9) Objections, if any.
(10)Compliance with the statutory requisitions of the Regional
Director, Registrar of Companies and the Official
Liquidator.
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(11)Prayers to be approved.
Dated this 31st day of October, 2007.
By Order,
High Court, Original Side ) Sd/-
) (Ms. A. Rodrigues)Bombay. ) Registrar (O. S.)/
Prothonotary and Senior Master.
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Practice Note No. 28
As per the directions given by the Hon'ble the Chief
Justice, IT IS HEREBY NOTIFIED for the information of Advocates
and parties appearing-in-person that, before moving for circulation
/ production, by way of praecipe, in the matter in which the
presence of the Court Receiver is required, they should invariably
give 48 hours written notice to that effect to the Office of the
Court Receiver.
They are further informed that in such case of extreme
urgency, they should give at least 2 hours notice to the office of
the Court Receiver.
The aforesaid directions should be followed strictly to
enable the Office of the Court Receiver to assist the Hon'ble
Court.
By Order,
HIGH COURT, ORIGINAL SIDE, ))) (MS. A. RODRIGUES)
BOMBAY, FEBRUARY, 2009 ) REGISTRAR, ORIGINAL SIDE, /) PROTHONOTARY AND SENIOR
MASTER
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PRACTICE NOTE NO. 4
This Practice Note is discontinued
(Please see Practice Note No.8)
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PRACTICE NOTES
1
O. S.
Advocates and parties appearing in person should submit thesynopsis duly signed alongwith Appeal and Writ Petition.They should also file fresh synopsis at the time of final hearingof Appeal & Writ Petition.
06/11/95
2
O. S.
Advocates and parties appearing in person should invariably file appearance, as per the format given, as and when thematter is called out in Court for admission/ hearing, withthe Court Associate/ Sheristedar.
10/04/96
3
O. S.
Advocates and parties appearing in person should submit theRequisition Slip of Acts, Rules and Law Reports at least onehour before the case is expected to reach hearing to the Court
Associate/ Sheristedar.
10/04/96
4
O. S.
This Practice Note is suppressed by Practice Note no.8. 24/04/96
5
O. S.
a) Affidavit in the proceeding should be got paginated beforeplacing the same before the Court.( The same is for Advocate)
b) Interim or interlocutory Orders passed in the mainproceedings or in the Notices of Motion or ChamberSummons or Summons for Judgment should be indexed andkept the proceedings in the chronological order.(Separate office order instructing the Court Office is issued).c) Whenever the Court grants ad-interim or interim order interms of prayers (a) etc., that entire prayer/s should bereproduced in the order/minutes of the order.(Separate office order instructing the P.A./Steno is issued).(Please see Practice Note No. 25)
17/01/97
6O. S.
As and when urgent application and/or exparte application ismoved for ad-interim or interim relief, Advocate and partiesappearing in person should give 48 hours written notice of such urgent application to the other side. They should alsofile a praecipe setting out the grounds of urgency and shouldsubmit the same to the Registry alongwith the proof of service.
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7
O. S.
Pursuant to the insertion of section 260A in the Income Tax Act, 1961, Section 27A in the Wealth Tax Act, 1957 andapplication of proceedings under the Gift Tax Act, 1958 by theFinance (No.2) Act, 1998 w.e.f . 1st October, 1998, the followingpractice-directions have been issued.a) Appeals under the above provisions of the I.T.A ., W.T.A.
and G.T.A . shall be numbered as “ Tax Appeal (IT/WT/GT)”. b) Unless specially assigned, such Appeals includingapplications, Notice of Motion etc., arising therefrom shall beplaced for admission and/or hearing before the DivisionBench dealing with tax references.c) Memo of Appeal in such appeal should be in conformity with the requirement of the said sections and should beaccompanied by a statement of facts and the orders of theTribunal as also of the lower authorities, documents, earlierorder cited before Tribunal should also be annexed.
30/09/98
8
O. S.
In supersession of the Practice Note No.4 dated 24.4.96, theapplications for restoration of the cases dismissed for defaultshould be moved for orders, unless otherwise directed by theHon'ble the Chief Justice before the regular court.
31/07/99
9
O. S.
Advocates and parties appearing in person are directed toannex sufficient order sheets/proforma to the applications viz.Notice of Motion/ Chamber Summons/ Summons forJudgment etc., while registering, for recording the orderspassed on such applications.
19/06/00
10
O. S.
All Income Tax Appeals u/s. 260 A of the Income Tax Actrelating to Kolhapur, Nashik, Pune, Raigad, Ratnagiri,Sindhudurg – Oras, Satara, Sangli, Solapur and ThaneDivisions shall hereinafter be filed only on the Original Side of the High Court at Bombay. AND that all such I.T. Appeals
which are filed on the Appellate Side of the High Court atBombay and which are pending admission / numbering aredirected to be transferred to the Original Side of the Bombay High Court.
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11
O. S.
The Office is directed to accept xerox copies of documentsannexed to Plaints, Written Statements, Petitions, Appeals, Affidavits etc., provided the said copies are clear, legible andunmarked.
01/06/01
12
O. S.
The Hon'ble Judge taking Company matters will continue tohear and decide winding up applications and all otherapplications under the Companies Act, 1956 in respect of Companies having Registered Office in the areas falling withinthe Jurisdiction of Aurangabad Bench on the Original Side of the High Court at Bombay.
14/11/02
13
O. S.
This Practice Note is discontinued w.e.f . 13.7.2004 by Noticedated 12th July, 2004.
09/12/02
14
A. S.
Procedure in respect of Circulation/ Production for interim orad-interim relief etc.
i) it should be mentioned in praecipe that all office objectionsare removed.
ii) 48 hours written notice be giveniii)Urgency must be mentioned.iv)It must be mentioned that legible copies of documents on
which applicant wants to rely are produced. v) The matter in which ad-interim relief is granted, the
Advocates must give written notice to the other side on thenext date of granting of ad-interim relief by Fax/ SpeedPost/ Telegram/ Reg. A. D. specifically informing thereturnable date ................... If such notice is not given andaffidavit of service is not filed, the matter will be dismissed
for default. vi)Aforesaid procedure will not preclude the court fromgranting in appropriate cases ad-interim relief withoutfollowing aforesaid procedure.
vii)If false statement is found to be made incirculation/production praecipe or proper steps are nottaken, the matter may be dismissed for default and heavy cost may be imposed on the applicants.
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15
A. S.
15-A
A.S.
This Practice Note pertains to the procedure in respect of theRules framed under the Bombay High Court, Appellate SideRules, 1960 regarding the presentation of Appeals and Applications.
In partial modification of Practice Note 15 – when Judgment,
Order, G.R./Circular under challenge is not in English, typedcopies of translation in English of such judgment, orders, etc.,shall be produced.
16/10/03
11/11/03
15-B
A. S.
This Practice Note pertains to the procedure in respect of filing of Civil Appeals and Revisions in this Court when theDecree is not prepared by the Trial Court of the First Appellate Court.
24/02/04
16
A. S.
Assignment of Judicial Work to various Benches by theHon'ble the Chief Justice from time to time shall be strictly adhered to. A matter shall be listed only before a Benchconstituted by the Chief Justice for hearing matters of suchcategory. The Registry shall not list any such matter beforeany other Bench without the orders of the Chief Justice. Incase any matter can not be heard by a Bench so constituted forhearing such category of matters, the Registry shallspecifically seek directions of the Chief Justice. This PracticeNote shall apply to part-heard matters also.
28/04/04
17
A. S.
While taking up the matters for final hearing chronologically,priority may be given to Supreme Court time bound mattersinvolving extra ordinary urgency or extreme and severehardship, in the first session. While deciding the chronology of the matters, the year of the institution of the suit shall betaken into account as a criterion for giving preference.
28/06/04
18
O. S.
While taking up the matters for final hearing chronologically,priority may be given to Supreme Court time bound mattersinvolving extra ordinary urgency or extreme and severehardship in the first session. While deciding the chronology of the matters, the year of the institution of the suit shall betaken into account as a criterion for giving preference.
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19
A. S.
This Practice Note pertains to the procedure in respect of expediting the Supreme Court time bound matters, matter of Senior Citizens and matters involving extra ordinary urgency etc., before the respective Hon'ble Courts.
15/07/04
20 A. S.
(i)The matters with the Civil Applications shall be treated asready for final hearing and placed before the Court exceptthe matters in which the Civil Applications for legal heir ispending and in which other side is not served.
(ii)The First Appeal and Second Appeals after R & P isreceived in which printing is not yet available shall also betreated as ready for final hearing and placed before theCourt so that the printing can be dispensed with directing Advocates for the Appellants to supply private paper books within the time limit so ordered by the Court. If privatepaper books are not supplied within the time granted, thematters will be placed before the Court for dismissal fornon-compliance.
04/08/04
21
O.S.
Whenever there is Order passed by the Hon'ble Court in WritPetitions for issuance of Notice against the Respondents, Advocate for the Petitioner/s or Petitioner/s in person shallgive sufficient copies of the pleadings to the Registry and shalldeposit a sum sufficient to meet the costs of service by Regd. A.D. on each of the Respondents ordered to be served and incases where Hamdust is granted, then Petitioner's Advocate/sor Petitioner in-person shall give sufficient copies of thepleading to Registry and the Registry shall hand over sealedpacket containing Notice with copy of pleading to thePetitioner's Advocate or the Petitioner in-person who shall attheir cost, effect service thereof on the Respondent and file Affidavit of Service.
17/06/05
22
A.S.
Instruction to the Registry in order to ensure preparation of
Daily/ Weekly Boards before 4.45 p.m. and consequently delivery of Labai to the Hon'ble Judges by 5.30 p.m. in TheirLordships' Chamber.
24/11/05
23
A.S.
In supersession of directions issued under Practice NoteNos.15 and 15 (A) issued on 16.10.2003 and 11.11.2003respectively, procedure is described in respect of scrutiny of documents filed with the Registry (A.S.)
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24
A.S.
In supersession of directions issued under Practice NoteNos.15 and 15 (A) issued on 16.10.2003 and 11.11.2003respectively, procedure is described in respect of filing whichshould be in accordance with requirements of the High Court Appellate Side Rules, 1960.
16/08/06
25O.S.
In supersession of Directions under Practice Note No. 5 dated17.1.1997 – All Affidavits shall not be accepted unless they areproperly paginated. Advocates/Litigants should ensure thesame.
25/09/06
26
O.S.
(i) The existing practice of issuing Notices u/s. 394(1) and394A of the Companies Act, 1956 to the Official Liquidatorand the Regional Director respectively, through the Company Department is dispensed with hereafter, such Notices shall beissued and served directly by the Advocate (s) for the
Petitioner (s) / Applicant (s) and /or the parties appearing inperson on the Official Liquidator and the Regional Director;
and(ii) Henceforth, while filing a Company Application/ Petitionin scheme matters (u/s. 391 to 394), the documentsmentioned in the said Practice Note shall be annexed to the Application / Petition filed by the Transferee Company only and no such documents shall be annexed to the Application /Petition filed by the transferor company. However, only averments to that effect is to be made.
31.10.07
27
O.S.
At the time of hearing of the Company Petitions filed u/s. 78,80, 100 to 105 and 391 to 394 of the Companies Act, 1956, the Advocates and parties appearing in person are required tofurnish the information in tabular format as mentioned in thesaid Practice Note.
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PRACTICE NOTE NO. 1
No. P.1615/91.
N O T I C E
In partial modification of the Order dated 27
th
September, 1995, all the Advocates and parties appearing in person are hereby informed that His Lordship the
Hon'ble the Chief Justice is pleased to direct that the Advocates and parties appearing
in person should submit the synopsis duly signed by the Advocates on record,
alongwith the Appeal and Writ Petitions filed on the Original Side as well as on the
Appellate Side. The synopsis should contain (1) the events and dates, (2) points to be
heard, (3) Acts / Rules to be referred to and (4) authorities to be cited.
They should also submit the synopsis consisting of chronology of dates andevents, along with Appeal from Order, Civil Revision Applications, Criminal Appeals,
Criminal Revision Applications and Criminal Applications filed on the Appellate Side.
They are further informed that as and when the Appeal and Writ Petitions are
listed for final hearing, they should file a fresh synopsis in the aforesaid format,
highlighting the points which are likely to be decided.
Dated this 6th day of November, 1995.
By Order,
Sd/-
Additional Registrar Prothonotary & Senior Master.(Judicial – I)
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PRACTICE NOTE NO.2
No.B/4527Bombay, 18th April, 1996.
N O T I C E
The Advocates and parties appearing in person are hereby, pursuant to the
directions of the Hon'ble the Chief Justice, directed that as and when the Case/
Appeal / Matter / Suit / Petition is called out in Court for admission/hearing, they
should, invariably, file appearance for the use of the Hon'ble Courts, in the format
given below, with the Court Associate/ Court Sheristedar.
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY FORMAT OF APPEARANCE
COURT ROOM NO. :
CASE/APPEAL/SUIT/MATTER WRIT PETITIONS :
NAMES OF THE COUNSEL APPEARING :
(a) FOR THE PLAINTIFF/PETITIONER/APPELLANT :
(b) FOR THE DEFENDANT/RESPONDENT/OPPONENT :
SIGNATURE:DATED:
(NOTE: Slips should be of yellow colour paper)
Sd/- Addl. Registrar (Judl.) Prothonotary & Senior Master
Appellate Side Original Side.
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PRACTICE NOTE NO. 4
DATED 24TH DAY OF APRIL, 1996
Advocates and parties appearing in person are hereby informed that
applications for restoration of the cases dismissed for default will be moved for orders,
unless otherwise, directed by the Hon'ble the Chief Justice, before the same Bench
which had passed the Order of dismissal.
By Order,
Sd/- Additional Registrar (Judl.-I) Prothonotary & Senior Master.
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PRACTICE NOTE NO. 5DATED 17TH JANUARY, 1997
The Advocates and parties appearing in-person are, pursuant to the
directions passed by the Hon'ble the Chief Justice, hereby informed that the following
practice note has came into force with immediate effect.
1. Affidavits in the proceedings should be got
paginated before placing the same before the
Court.
2. Interim or interlocutory orders passed in the main
proceedings or in the Notices of Motion or Chamber
Summons or Summons for Judgment should be
indexed and kept in the proceedings in the
chronological order.
3. Whenever the Court grants ad-interim or interim
order in terms of prayer/s (a) etc., that entire
prayer/s should be reproduced in the order/minutes
of the order.
High Court, Original Side ) By Order,
) Sd/-
Bombay, 17th January, 1997. ) Prothonotary and Senior Master.
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PRACTICE NOTE NO. 6
It has been observed by the Courts that applications for urgent relief
and/or for ex-parte relief are moved without adequate notice to the opposite side.
Being not satisfied about the same, the Hon'ble the Chief Justice and Judges are
pleased to direct that as and when the Advocates and the parties appearing-in-person
move an urgent application and/or ex-parte application for ad-interim or interim relief
they should, before moving an application inveriably give 48 hours written notice of
such urgent application to the Opponent/ Opposite Side and they should also file a
praecipe setting out the grounds of urgency and should submit the same to the
concerned Registry alongwith the proof of service of the notice on the opponent /
opposite side on the last Court working day prior to the date of placing the matter for
urgent relief. This will not preclude the Court from granting in the appropriate cases,
ad-interim relief without following the aforesaid procedure.
High Court, Original Side ) By Order,
) Sd/-
Bombay, 19th February, 1997. ) (A. R. Bapat)
Prothonotary and Senior Master.
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PRACTICE NOTE NO. 7
The procedure of referring questions of law framed by the Income Tax
Tribunals to the High Court under the Income-tax Act, 1961 is now deleted. Section
260A is added in the Income-tax Act, 1961. Similarly, section 27A is added in the
Wealth Tax Act, 1957. Section 260A reads as under :-
“Section 260A
(1) An appeal shall lie to the High Court from every
order passed in appeal by the Appellate Tribunal,
if the High Court is satisfied that the case involves
a substantial question of law.
(2) An appeal under this sub-section shall be:-
(a) filed within one hundred and twenty days
from the date on which the order appealed
against is communicated to the appellant;
(b) accompanied by a fee of ten thousand rupees
where such appeals is filed by an assessee;
(c) in the form of memorandum of appeal
precisely stating therein the substantial
question of law involved.
(3) Where the High Court is satisfied that a substantial
question of law is involved in any case, it shall formulate that
question.
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(4) The appeal shall be heard only on the question so
formulated, and the respondents shall at the hearing of the
appeal, be allowed to argue that the case does not involve such
question:
Provided that nothing in this sub-section shall be deemed to
take away or abridge the power of the court to hear, for reasons to
be recorded, the appeal on any other substantial question of law not
formulated by it, if it is satisfied that the case involved such question.
(5) The High Court shall decide the question of law so
formulated and deliver such judgment thereon containing the
grounds on which such decision is founded and may award such
cost as it deems fit.
(6) The High Court may determine any issue which -
(a) has not been determined by the Appellate
Tribunal; or
(b) has been wrongly determined by the Appellate
Tribunal, by reason of a decision on such
question of law as is referred to in sub-section
(1)”.
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Pursuant to the insertion of section 260A in the Income-tax Act, 1961,
section 27A in the Wealth Tax Act, 1957 and application of section 27A of the Wealth
Tax Act to the proceedings under the Gift Tax Act, 1958 by the Finance (No.2) Act,
1998 with effect from 1st October, 1998, the following practice-directions have been
issued by the Hon'ble Chief Justice, issued:
(1) Appeals under the above provisions of the Income-tax
Act, Wealth Tax Act and Gifts Tax Act shall be numbered
as “Tax Appeal (IT/WT/GT)”.
(2) Unless specially assigned, such appeals, including
applications, notices of motion etc., arising therefrom,
shall be placed for admission and/or hearing before
the Division Bench dealing with tax references.
(3) Memorandum of appeal in such appeal should be
in conformity with the requirements of the said
sections and should be accompanied by a statement
of facts and the orders of the Tribunal as also of the
lower authorities. Any document on which reliance
was placed before the Tribunal should also be
annexed.
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(4) If, while deciding the appeal, the Tribunal has followed
any of its earlier order / orders either in the case of the
assessee itself in respect of any other assessment yearor in case of any other assessee, such order / orders
should also be annexed to the memorandum of appeal.
(5) On being numbered, such appeals shall be placed for
admission.
By Order,
High Court, O. S. B'bay. Sd/-30th September, 1998. Prothonotary and Senior Master.
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PRACTICE NOTE NO. 8
DATED 31st JULY, 1999
In supersession of the Practice Note No. 4 dated 24th April, 1996, the
Advocates and parties appearing-in-person are hereby informed that applications for
restoration of the cases dismissed for default should be moved for orders, unless
otherwise directed by the Hon'ble the Chief Justice, before the regular Court.
BY ORDER,
PROTHONOTARY AND SENIOR MASTER.
HIGH COURT ) Sd/-
BOMBAY. ) ADDL. REGISTRAR (J-I).
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PRACTICE NOTE NO. 09
It has been observed by the Hon'ble the Chief Justice that Judicial time
of the Hon'ble Courts is wested in finding out the orders passed earlier on
interlocutory proceedings in the matter by the Hon'ble Court. It has therefore been
directed that while registering all miscellaneous applications, such as Notice of Motion
/ Chamber Summons / Summons for Judgment / Interim Petitions taken out in main
Suit, Petition, Appeal or matters, order sheets / proforma should be annexed for
recording the orders passed on such interlocutory proceedings.
Advocates and parties appearing-in-person are, therefore, hereby
directed to annex, with immediate effect, sufficient number of order sheets / proforma
at the time of registration of interim or misc. application. They are further directed
that they should also annex Order Sheets / proforma in all pending Miscellaneous
matters, such as Notices of Motions / Chamber Summons / Summons for Judgment /
Judge's Summons / Interim Petitions and matters within four weeks from the date
hereof.
All concerned Section Officers and Clerks working in filing Department
and Staff working in Computer Counter to take note of the above directions and take
follow up action.
Sd/-
19th June, 2000. PROTHONOTARY AND SENIOR MASTER.
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PRACTICE NOTE NO. 10
Advocates and parties appearing-in-person are hereby informed that all
Income Tax Appeals U/s 260A of the Income Tax Act relating to Kolhapur, Nashik,
Pune, Raigad, Ratnagiri, Sindhudurg-Oras, Satara, Sangli, Solapur and Thane
Divisions shall hereinafter be filed only on the Original Side of the High Court at
Bombay.
They are hereby further informed that all Income Tax Appeals which
are filed on the Appellate Side of the High Court at Bombay, and which are pending
Admission / numbering are directed to be transferred to the Original Side of the
Bombay High Court. In future also, all such Appeals shall be filed only on the Original
Side of the High Court, at Bombay.
Bombay, dated this 11th day of August, 2000.
BY ORDER
Sd/- Sd/-(A. R. BAPAT)
REGISTRAR PROTHONOTARY AND SENIOR MASTER HIGH COURT, APPELLATE SIDE HIGH COURT, O. S. BOMBAY
BOMBAY.
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PRACTICE NOTE NO. 11
Advocates and parties appearing-in-person are hereby informed that
the Hon'ble the Chief Justice has been pleased to direct the Office to accept xerox
copies of documents annexed to plaints, written statements, petitions, appeals,
affidavits etc., provided the said copies are clear, legible and unmarked.
Sd/-
1st June, 2001. Prothonotary and Senior Master.
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No. G/Amend/13094
PRACTICE NOTE NO. 12
Re: Matters falling under the Companies Act, 1956
Advocates and parties appearing-in-person are hereby informed that
pursuant to the decision taken by the Administrative Judges to continue status quo in
Rules pending setting up of offices of Registrar of Companies and Official Liquidator at
Aurangabad, the Hon'ble Judge taking Company matters will continue to hear and
decide winding up applications and all other applications under the Companies Act,
1956 in respect of Companies having Registered Office in the areas falling within the
jurisdiction of Aurangabad Bench on the Original Side of the High Court at Bombay.
Sd/-
14th November, 2002. Prothonotary and Senior Master.
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PRACTICE NOTE NO. 13
Re:- Appeals u/s. 260A of Income Tax Act
Advocates and parties appearing-in-person are hereby informed thatearlier Appeals under Section 260A of the Income Tax Act were shown in the first
instance 'for Admission' and thereafter for final hearing. However, to expedite the
process, it has been decided to do away with the procedure of all Appeals being shown
for Admission in the first instance. Accordingly, they are hereby further informed that
until further orders, all Appeals filed under Section 260A of the Income-tax Act will be
listed 'for hearing and final disposal' without matters being shown for Admission in the
first instance.
Dated this 9th day of December, 2002.
By Order,
HIGH COURT, ORIGINAL SIDE ) Sd/-
) (MS. A. RODRIGUES)
BOMBAY. ) PROTHONOTARY & SENIOR MASTER.
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PRACTICE NOTE NO. 13 IS DISCONTINUED
N O T I C E
Advocates and parties appearing-in-person are hereby informed that as
per Practice Note No.13 dated 9th December, 2002, it was informed that Appeals under
Section 260A of the Income Tax Act will be listed “For Hearing and Final Disposal”
without matters being shown “For Admission” in the first instance. They are hereby
further informed that the said Practice Note No.13 dated 9th December, 2002 is hereby
discontinued w. e. f. Tuesday, the 13th July, 2004. They are, therefore, informed that in
future, all Appeals under Section 260A of the Income Tax Act will appear on Board for
Admission in the first instance and thereafter for Final Hearing.
Dated this 12th day of July, 2004.
By Order,
HIGH COURT, ORIGINAL SIDE ) Sd/-
) (MS. A. RODRIGUES)BOMBAY. ) PROTHONOTARY & SENIOR MASTER.
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PRACTICE NOTE NO.14
N O T I C E
The Hon'ble the Chief Justice is pleased to direct that with immediate
effect, the following procedure will be followed in the matters of circulation /production for getting interim or ad-interim relief etc.,:
1. The Advocate must make statement in urgent
circulation / production praecipe that all office
objections are removed.
2. Before moving such circulation / production
praecipes, the Advocate must invariably give48 hours written notice to that effect to the
other side. If other side is not resident of
Mumbai, then 4 days written notice by speed
post or telegram or registered post A. D. must
be given to other side. The Advocate should
also submit praecipe to the Additional Registrar
(J-I) along with the proof of service of thenotice to other side. Circulation / production
will not be allowed if this procedure is not
followed.
3. In the Circulation / production praecipe the
grounds of urgency must be mentioned.
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4. In the Circulation / production praecipe,
statement must be made that legible copies
of documents on which applicant wants to
rely are produced.
5. In the matters in which the Court has granted
ad-interim / interim reliefs, the Advocates
must give written notice to the other side on
the next day of granting of ad-interim/ interim
reliefs by fax / Speed Post / Telegram /
Registered Post A. D. specifically informing
the returnable date as fixed by the Hon'ble
Court and file affidavit of service to that effect
with the Additional Registrar (Judl.I) well in
advance atleast prior to 4 days of the date
fixed. If such notice is not given and affidavit
of service is not filed, the matters will be
dismissed for default.
6. Aforesaid procedure will not preclude the Court
from granting in appropriate cases ad-interim
relief without following aforesaid procedure.
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7. If false statement is found to be made in
Circulation / Production praecipe or if it is
noticed that after getting ad-interim ex-parte
relief, steps to serve notice on other side are
not taken the matter may be dismissed for
default and heavy cost may be imposed on
the applicants.
High Court, Appellate Side } By Order,
}
} Sd/-} (T. V. Nalawade)
Bombay, 22nd September, 2003. } Additional Registrar(Judl. I)
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PRACTICE NOTE NO. 15
N O T I C E
For the enforcement of the provisions of the Rules framed under
Bombay High Court, Appellate Side Rules, 1960 regarding the presentation of Appeals
and Applications, the Hon'ble the Chief Justice is pleased to direct that with immediate
effect, following procedure will be followed:-
1. The matters ( including affidavit, reply) shall be
directly presented to Section Officer of concerned
Section who shall scrutinize and examine the
matter on the same day.
2. The Section Officer shall not accept the matter
unless the requirements laid down in Appellate
Side Rules are duly complied with. In addition
to these requirements, the requirements notified
in previous practice notes and the present one
shall be complied with.
3. The additional requirements are as follows:-
(a) The xerox copies annexed shall be legible.
(b) There shall not be underlines or markings
on any documents presented.
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(c) When the Judgment, Order, G.R. / Circular
is under challenge or relevant documents
are not in English, typed copies of translation
in English of such documents shall be produced.
(d) The matter shall be presented with thick card
board cover.
(e) The affidavit shall be in confirmity with rules
framed in Chapter III of Appellate Side Rules.
The affidavit shall contain the statements of
fact which the declarant swears or solemnly
affirms.
(f) Affidavit, reply, rejoinder or sur - rejoinder
shall not be accepted unless it carries proper
pagination, pagination shall be in continuation
of petition, reply etc., already filed.
4. The Section Officer shall give reasons in writing
if he refuses to accept the matter. He shall also
make endorsement of refusal on the presentation
form. Carbon copy of memorandum of reasons
shall be preserved as the office copy.
5. The Office shall maintain a register of matters
which are not accepted.
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6. At the time of subsequent presentation of
the same matter, there shall be mention on
the presentation form that it is the 2nd or 3rd
etc., presentation. On such occasions the
memorandum of reasons given by office shall
be annexed with the presentation form and
statement shall be made by the advocate or
the party on the memorandum that
requirements laid down in memorandum
are duly complied with. The office shall not
assign any reason when the matter is not
accepted on 3rd and subsequent to 3rd
presentation.
7. No matter which has not been first filed in
the office, shall be brought before or presented
to the Court. No production will be allowed
unless statement is made in praecipe that the
matter is filed in the office.
High Court, Appellate Side } By Order,}} Sd/-} (T. V. Nalawade)
Bombay, 16th October, 2003. } Additional Registrar
(Judl. I)
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PRACTICE NOTE NO. 15(A)
N O T I C E
In partial modification of Practice Note No. 15 notified on 16.10.2003,
the Hon'ble the Chief Justice is pleased to direct that with immediate effect, the
following procedure will be followed as regards the production of typed copies of
translation in English of the documents.
When the Judgment, orders, G.R./Circular under challenge is not in
English, when the advocate / party wants to rely on the judgment, order, G.R./Circular
which are not in English, typed copies of translation in English of such judgment,
order, G.R./Circular shall be produced.
When the advocate / party wants to produce other documents as
relevant documents, the advocate / party shall give undertaking that typed copies of
translation in English of such relevant documents shall be produced if required by the
Court.
High Court, Appellate Side )
) Sd/-
Bombay, 11th November, 2003. ) Additional Registrar (J-I)
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PRACTICE NOTE NO.15-B
N O T I C E
To enable the filing of Civil Appeals and Revisions in this Court when the
decree is not prepared by the Trial Court or the First Appellate Court, the Hon'ble the
Chief Justice is pleased to direct that with immediate effect the following procedure
will be followed:-
When a Trial Court or the First Appellate Court has not prepared the decree,
the presentation of Civil Appeal and Revisions will be accepted subject to following
conditions:-
(a) That the party or the advocate makes declaration in
writing in the application then an application is already made to the Trial Court or the First Appellate Courtin time for getting the certified copy of decree whichis to be challenged in the High Court.
(b) That the party or the advocate gives undertaking thatthe certified copy of the decree will be filed in the HighCourt immediately after it is delivered to the party by the Trial Court or the First Appellate Court.
(c) That the party must make out urgency in the applicationfiled for dispensing with copy of decree for institutionof the proceedings.
High Court, Appellate Side }} Sd/-} (T. V. Nalawade)
Bombay, 24th February, 2004. } Registrar (Judl. )
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PRACTICE NOTE NO. 16
Assignment of Judicial work to various Benches by the Hon'ble the Chief
Justice from time to time shall be strictly adhered to. A matter shall be listed only
before a Bench constituted by the Chief Justice for hearing matters of such category.
The Registry shall not list any such matter before any other Bench without the orders
of the Chief Justice. In case any matter cannot be heard by a Bench so constituted for
hearing such category of matter, the Registry shall specifically seek directions of the
Chief Justice. A Division Bench or a Bench comprising of a Single Judge shall not be
constituted without the orders of the Chief Justice. This Practice Note shall apply to
part-heard matters also. However, this Practice Note shall not apply to the review
applications which are governed by Chapter XXX Rule 3 of High Court, Appellate Side
Rules, 1960 and to the matters where the concerned Bench has declined to take up the
matters and such matters shall be governed by Circular dated 29.3.2004.
High Court, Appellate Side }}} Sd/-} (Mrs. M. R. Bhatkar)
Bombay, 28th April, 2004. } Registrar (Judicial)
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PRACTICE NOTE NO. 17
The Hon'ble the Acting Chief Justice directs that while taking up the matters
for final hearing chronologically, priority may be given to Supreme Court time bound
matters and matters of Senior Citizens and matters involving extra ordinary urgency orextreme and severe hardship in the first session, without disturbing the directions
issued on 5th May, 2004.
To enable hearing and final disposal of the matters mentioned in the above 3
categories, applications may be made before the Benches as per their respective
assignments. However, since more than one Bench is assigned, the same category of
matters, Advocates and Parties-in-person may take out such applications before the
Benches as given below:BOMBAY BENCH
1. The Hon'ble Shri Justice ) Civil Writ PetitionsV. G. PALSHIKAR )
AND )The Hon'ble Shri Justice )
V. M. KANADE )
2. The Hon'ble Shri Justice ) Criminal AppealsH. L. GOKHALE )
AND )The Hon'ble Shri Justice )
A. S. AGUIAR )
3. The Hon'ble Smt. Justice ) Criminal Appeals / RevisionV. K. TAHILRAMANI ) Applications / Criminal
) Applications.
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1. The Hon'ble Shri Justice ) Civil Writ Petitions.S. RADHAKRISHNAN )
AND )The Hon'ble Shri Justice )
K. J. ROHEE )
2. The Hon'ble Shri Justice ) Criminal Appeals (S.J.)P. S. BRAHME )
3. The Hon'ble Shri Justice ) First Appeals & Second A. V. MOHTA ) Appeals.
AURANGABAD BENCH
1. The Hon'ble Shri Justice ) Civil Writ Petitions.S. B. MHASE ) AND )
The Hon'ble Shri Justice )A. P. DESHPANDE )
2. The Hon'ble Shri Justice ) First Appeal and SecondN. V. DABHOLKAR ) Appeals.
3. The Hon'ble Shri Justice ) Criminal Appeals/ Writ V. G. MUNSHI ) Petitions/ Revision
) Applications.
While deciding the chronology of the Writ Petitions or appeals or
applications, the year of the institution of the suit shall be taken into account as a
criterion for giving preference.
High Court, Appellate Side } By Order,}} Sd/-
} (Mrs. M. R. Bhatkar)Bombay, 28th June, 2004. } Registrar (Judicial)
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PRACTICE NOTE NO. 18
The Hon'ble the Acting Chief Justice directs that while taking up the matters
for final hearing chronologically, priority may be given to Supreme Court time bound
matters, matters of Senior Citizens and matters involving extra ordinary urgency or
extreme and severe hardship in the first session, without disturbing the directions
issued on 5th May, 2004.
To enable hearing and final disposal of the matters mentioned in the above
categories, applications may be made before the Benches as per their respective
assignment.
While deciding the chronology of the Writ Petitions or Appeals or
applications, the year of the institution of the suit shall be taken into account as
criterion for giving preference.
Dated this 6th day of July, 2004.
By Order,
High Court, Original Side )) Sd/-
) (Ms. A. Rodrigues)Bombay. ) Registrar (O. S.)/
Prothonotary and Senior Master.
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PRACTICE NOTE NO. 19The Hon'ble the Acting Chief Justice has issued Practice Note No.17 as
follows:-
The Hon'ble the Acting Chief Justice directs that while taking up the matters
for final hearing chronologically, priority may be given to Supreme Court time boundmatters and matters of Senior Citizens and matters involving extra ordinary urgency or
extreme and severe hardship in the first session, without disturbing the directions
issued on 5th May, 2004.
To enable hearing and final disposal of the matters mentioned in the above 3
categories, applications may be made before the Benches as per their respective
assignments. However, since more than one Bench is assigned, the same category of
matters, Advocates and Parties-in-person may take out such applications before theBenches as given below:
BOMBAY BENCH
1. The Hon'ble Shri Justice ) Civil Writ PetitionsV. G. PALSHIKAR )
AND )The Hon'ble Shri Justice )
V. M. KANADE )
2. The Hon'ble Shri Justice ) Criminal AppealsH. L. GOKHALE )
AND )The Hon'ble Shri Justice )
A. S. AGUIAR )
3. The Hon'ble Smt. Justice ) Criminal Appeals / RevisionV. K. TAHILRAMANI ) Applications / Criminal
) Applications.
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1. The Hon'ble Shri Justice ) Civil Writ Petitions.S. RADHAKRISHNAN )
AND )The Hon'ble Shri Justice )
K. J. ROHEE )
2. The Hon'ble Shri Justice ) Criminal Appeals (S.J.)P. S. BRAHME )
3. The Hon'ble Shri Justice ) First Appeals & Second A. V. MOHTA ) Appeals.
AURANGABAD BENCH
1. The Hon'ble Shri Justice ) Civil Writ Petitions.S. B. MHASE ) AND )
The Hon'ble Shri Justice )A. P. DESHPANDE )
2. The Hon'ble Shri Justice ) First Appeal and SecondN. V. DABHOLKAR ) Appeals.
3. The Hon'ble Shri Justice ) Criminal Appeals/ Writ V. G. MUNSHI ) Petitions/ Revision
) Applications.
While deciding the chronology of the Writ Petitions or appeals or
applications, the year of the institution of the suit shall be taken into account as a
criterion for giving preference.
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In continuation of the Practice Note No.17, the Hon'ble the Acting Chief
Justice directs that the matters falling in the 3 categories i. e. Supreme Court time
bound matters, matters of Senior Citizens and matters involving extra ordinary
urgency or extreme and severe hardship may be moved before the Bench taking up
admission work in the relevant categories, irrespective of year wise assignment before
the Bench as per Roster.
High Court, Appellate Side } By Order,
}} Sd/-} (Mrs. M. R. Bhatkar)
Bombay, 15th July, 2004. } Registrar (Judicial)
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PRACTICE NOTE NO. 20
It has been observed by the Hon'ble the Chief Justice that large number of
matters are lying in the Branches as unready due to trivial objections. Hence, the
Hon'ble the Chief Justice is pleased to give the following directions to all the
Departments that:-
(i) The matters with the Civil Applications shall be treatedas ready for final hearing and placed before the Courtexcept the matters in which the Civil Applications forlegal heir is pending and in which other side is notserved.
(ii) The First Appeals and Second Appeals after R & P isreceived in which printing is not yet available shall
also be treated as ready for final hearing and placed before the Court so that the printing can be dispensed with directing Advocates for the Appellants to supply private paper books within the time limit so ordered by the Court. If private paper books are not supplied within the time granted, the matters will be placed before the Court for dismissal for non compliance.
High Court, Appellate Side } By Order,}} Sd/-} (Mrs. M. R. Bhatkar)
Bombay, 4th August, 2004. } Registrar (Judicial)
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PRACTICE NOTE NO. 21
The Advocates and parties appearing-in-person are hereby informed
that pursuant to the directions given by the Hon'ble the Chief Justice, whenever there
is Order passed by the Hon'ble Court in Writ Petitions for issuance of Notice against
the Respondent/s, the Advocate/s for the Petitioner/s and/or Petitioner/s in-person
shall give sufficient copies of the pleadings to the Registry and shall deposit a sum
sufficient to meet the costs of service by Registered Post A/D on each of the
Respondents ordered to be served and in cases where Petitioner's Advocates or the
Petitioner/s-in person request the Hon'ble Court for dasti (hamdast) service and, if the
Hon'ble Court allows such dasti (hamdast), then Registry shall prepare notice and
Petitioner's Advocate/s or the Petitioner/s-in-person shall give sufficient copies of the
pleadings to Registry and the Registry shall hand over sealed packet containing Notice
with copy of pleadings to the Petitioner's Advocate/s or the Petitioner/s-in-person who
shall at their cost, effect service thereof on the Respondents and file Affidavit of Service
in the Registry.
Dated this 17th day of June, 2005.
By Order,
High Court, Original Side )
) Sd/-
) (Ms. A. Rodrigues)Bombay. ) Registrar (O. S.)/
Prothonotary and Senior Master.
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PRACTICE NOTE NO. 22 AS PER CORRIGENDUM DATED 06.12.2005
PRACTICE NOTE NO. 21
In order to ensure preparation of Daily/Weekly Boards before 4.45 p.m.and consequently delivery of Labai to the Hon'ble Judges by 5.30 p.m. in their
Chambers, the following instructions are issued to the Registry (Judicial).
1. Admission Board to be got settled from the respective Courts by the Associate /
Sheristedar by 2.00 p. m.
2. Balance Board to be followed by circulated and due matters.
3. Balance Board not to be printed for the next day, save and except a Note statingthat the balance matters from serial no. onwards will be taken up followed by
circulated matters.
4. The day on which circulation is granted, the circulated matters must be sent
to the Board Department on the same day before 2.00 p.m. When Circulation is
granted, the Department must trace the matter on the same day of circulation and
forward it to the Board Department without waiting till one day prior to the due
date.5. The matters which are taken up for admission and adjourned for the next day
must not be sent to Board Department, but should be retained with the Associate /
Sheristedar for being sent to the Hon'ble Judge directly.
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6. No circulation be granted for the next day.
7. For final hearing matters - If the matter is adjourned to the next week/
s then only the matter must be sent to the Board Department. Otherwise, the
matter should be retained by the Associates / Sheristedar after making note on
the Farad that the matter is adjourned in the same week. He shall retain the papers
with him for being sent to the Hon'ble Judge.
8. Affidavits in reply should be filed two days prior to the returnable date of the
matter, as prescribed under Rule 11 of Chapter 17 of the High Court Appellate Side
Rules, 1960.
High Court, Appellate Side ) By Order,
)
) Sd/-
Bombay, date 24th November, 2005) (A. J. Rohee)Registrar (Judicial – I)
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PRACTICE NOTE NO. 23
N O T I C E
In supersession of directions issued under Practice Note Nos.15 and 15(A)
issued on 16.10.2003 and 11.11.2003 respectively, regarding presentation of appeals
and applications, the Hon'ble the Acting Chief Justice has been pleased to direct that
with immediate effect, the following procedure will be followed:-
1. The matters ( inclusive affidavit, reply) shall be
directly presented to Section Officer of concerned
Section who shall scrutinize and examine the matter
on the same day.
2. In addition to the requirements specified in the High
Court, Appellate Side Rules 1960, the requirements
notified in previous Practice Notes and the present
one shall be complied with.
3. The additional requirements are as follows:-
(a) the xerox copies annexed shall be legible.
(b) there shall not be underlines or markings
on any documents presented.
(c) when the Judgment, Order, G.R./Circular
under challenge is not in English, when the
advocate/party wants to rely on the judgment,
order, G.R./Circular which are not in English,
typed copies of translation in English of such
judgment, order, G.R. / Circular shall be
produced.
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When the advocate/party wants to produce other documents
as relevant documents, the advocate/party shall give undertaking
that typed copies of translation in English of such relevant documents
shall be produced if required by the Court.
(d) the matter shall be presented with thick card board cover.
(e) the affidavit shall be in confirmity with rules framed in
Chapter III of Appellate Side Rules. The affidavit shall
contain the statements of fact which the declarant swears
or solemnly affirms.
(f) Affidavit, reply, rejoinder or sub-rejoinder shall not be
accepted unless it carries proper pagination. Pagination
shall be in continuation of petition, reply etc., already
filed.
4. No matter which has not been first filed in the office,
shall be brought before or presented to the Court.
No production will be allowed unless statement is
made in praecipe that the matter is filed in the office.
High Court, Appellate Side ) By Order,
) Sd/-
Bombay, dt.10th August, 2006. ) (C. L. PANGARKAR)Registrar General.
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PRACTICE NOTE NO. 24N O T I C E
In supersession of directions issued under Practice Note Nos. 15 and 15(A)
issued on 16.10.2003 and 11.11.2003 respectively, the Hon'ble the Acting Chief Justicehas been pleased to direct that with immediate effect, the following procedure will be
followed:-
1. All filing should be done strictly in accordance with
the requirements of the High Court Appellate Side
Rules, 1960 (“the Rules”) under which filing of no
matter can be rejected, except those specifically
provided for therein.2. The Registrars ( Judicial ), on presentation of a
matter, shall examine it in accordance with the
requirements of the Rules and notify the office
objections as prescribed therein.
3. The Registrars ( Judicial ) would adhere to the
requirements of the Rules and will not grant
liberal adjournments for removal of officeobjections. This be not read as any restriction
on their powers to grant time for removal of
office objections.
4. No matter will be listed before the Court unless
the circulation slip / praecipe contains the stamp
number of the matter.
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5. When the judgment, order, Government Resolution
/ Circular under challenge is not in English and the
Advocate / party wants to rely thereon, the typed
English translation thereof shall be produced.
6. When the Advocate / party wants to produce other
documents as relevant documents, the Advocate /
party shall give undertaking that typed English
translation thereof shall be produced, if required
by the Court.
7. In addition to the requirements specified in the
High Court, Appellate Side Rules, 1960, the
requirements notified in previous Practice Notes
and the present one shall be complied with.
8. The additional requirements are as follows:-
(a) The xerox copies annexed shall be legible.
(b) There shall not be underlines or markings
on any documents presented.
(c) When the Judgment, Order, G.R. / Circular
under challenge is not in English, when the
advocate/party wants to rely on the judgment
order, G.R./Circular which are not in English
typed copies of translation in English of such
judgment, order, G.R. / Circular shall be
produced.
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When the advocate / party wants to produce
other documents as relevant documents, the
advocate / party shall give undertaking that
typed copies of translation in English of such
relevant documents shall be produced if required
by the Court.
(d) The matter shall be presented with thick card
board cover.
(e) The affidavit shall be in confirmity with rules
framed in Chapter III of Appellate Side Rules.
The affidavit shall contain the statements of
fact which the declarant swears or solemnly
affirms.
(f) Affidavit, reply, rejoinder or sub-rejoinder shall
not be accepted unless it carries proper
pagination. Pagination shall be in continuation
of petition, reply, etc., already filed.
High Court, Appellate Side ) By order,
)
) Sd/-
Bombay,dt, 16th August, 2006. ) (C. L. PANGARKAR)Registrar General.
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PRACTICE NOTE NO.25
In supersession of the directions issued under Practice Note No.5 dated
17th January, 1997, the Hon'ble the Acting Chief Justice has been pleased to direct that
with immediate effect, the following procedure will be followed:-
All Affidavits, i. e. Replies, Rejoinders, Sur-Rejoinders etc., shall not be
accepted unless they are properly paginated. The Pagination shall be in continuation
of Petition, reply etc., already filed.
The Advocates/Litigants should ensure that such pagination should be in
consonance with the pagination already given to the aforesaid documents which are
already filed in the Registry and to carry out the said pagination well in advance before
the matter appears on board to avoid inconvenience to the Hon'ble Court.
The Advocates/Litigants should serve the copy of the aforesaid documents
on the other side only after verifying the pagination given on the documents which are
already filed in the Registry so as to avoid the repetition of running page numbers.
By Order,
High Court, Original Side )) Sd/-) (Ms. A. Rodrigues)
Bombay, 25th September, 2006. ) Registrar (O. S.)/Prothonotary and Senior Master.
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PRACTICE NOTE NO.26
The Advocates and parties appearing-in-person are hereby informed
that pursuant to the directions given by the Hon'ble Shri Justice Dr. D. Y.
Chandrachud, the Hon'ble Company Judge, the existing procedure of issuing Notices
u/s. 394(1) and 394A of the Companies Act, 1956 to the Official Liquidator and the
Regional Director respectively, through the Company Department is dispensed with
hereafter, such Notices shall be issued and served directly by the Advocate (s) for the
Petitioner(s)/ Applicant (s) and/or the parties appearing-in-person on the Official
Liquidator and the Regional Director.
They are further informed that in the Company Applications and Company
Petitions filed u/s. 391 to 394 of the Companies Act, 1956, i. e. in the Scheme matters it
is noticed that the following documents annexed to one Company Application filed by
the Transferee Company are repeatedly annexed to the Company Application /
Petition filed by the Transferor company (ies):-
(a) Copy of Memorandum & Articles of Association of Applicant/
Transferor Company.
(b) Copy of Memorandum & Articles of Association of Transferee/ Resulting Company.
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(c) Copy of Audited Balance Sheet (of last financial year) of Applicant / Transferor Company.
(d) Copy of Audited Balance Sheet (of last financial year) of Transferee / Resulting Company.
(e) Copy of the Proposed Scheme of Arrangement / Amalgamation.
(f) Copy of the latest provisional / unaudited Balance Sheetof the Transferor / Demerged Company.
(g) Copy of the latest provisional / unaudited Balance Sheet
of the Transferee / Resulting Company.
Hence, in order to avoid duplication of documents and in order to save
space occupied by such documents, as per the directions of His Lordship it is decided
that henceforth while filing a Company Application / Petition in Scheme Matters, the
aforesaid documents shall be annexed to the Application / Petition filed by the
Transferee Company only and no such documents shall be annexed to the
Application / Petition filed by the Transferor Company. However, averments to thateffect is to be made in the Application / Petition filed by the Transferor Company. In
case the scheme of Arrangement / Amalgamation where only one Application /
Petition is filed, the current practice of enclosing all Exhibits will continue. They are
also informed that if the Transferee Company is situated in the
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jurisdiction of the some other Court, in such a case the abovementioned documents are
to be annexed to the Company Application / Petition filed by the Transferor Company
(ies).
Dated this 31st day of October, 2007.
By Order,
High Court, Original Side ) Sd/-
) (Ms. A. Rodrigues)Bombay. ) Registrar (O. S.)/
Prothonotary and Senior Master.
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PRACTICE NOTE NO. 27
Advocates and parties appearing-in-person are hereby informed that
pursuant to the directions of the Hon'ble Shri Justice Dr. D. Y. Chandrachud (the
Hon'ble Company Judge), they are required to furnish the following information (in
the tabular format) at the time of hearing of the Company Petitions filed under Section
78, 80, 100 to 105 and 391 to 394 of the Companies Act, 1956:-
(1) No. of Company Petition and connected Company Application/s.
(2) Introduction of the Petitioner Company.
(3) Nature of the Scheme (i.e. Amalgamation, Arrangement, etc.,)
(4) Purpose / Reasons of the Scheme.
(5) Name of the Transferor / Demerged Company.
(6) Name of the Transferee / Resulting Company.
(7) Compliance with the Statutory Requirements.
(8) Details of Meetings, Consents, service of individuals notices in
respect of Shareholders (Equity and Preference) and Creditors (Secured
and Unsecured)
(9) Objections, if any.
(10) Compliance with the statutory requisitions of the Regional
Director, Registrar of Companies and the Official Liquidator.
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(11) Prayers to be approved.
Dated this 31st day of October, 2007.
By Order,
High Court, Original Side ) Sd/-
) (Ms. A. Rodrigues)
Bombay. ) Registrar (O. S.)/Prothonotary and Senior Master.
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Practice Note No. 28
As per the directions given by the Hon'ble the Chief Justice, IT IS HEREBY
NOTIFIED for the information of Advocates and parties appearing-in-person that,
before moving for circulation / production, by way of praecipe, in the matter in which
the presence of the Court Receiver is required, they should invariably give 48 hours
written notice to that effect to the Office of the Court Receiver.
They are further informed that in such case of extreme urgency, they should give
at least 2 hours notice to the office of the Court Receiver.
The aforesaid directions should be followed strictly to enable the Office of the
Court Receiver to assist the Hon'ble Court.
By Order,
HIGH COURT, ORIGINAL SIDE, ))) (MS. A. RODRIGUES)
BOMBAY, FEBRUARY, 2009 ) REGISTRAR, ORIGINAL SIDE, /) PROTHONOTARY AND SENIOR MASTER