Bombay High Court Directs Judgment Debtors to Appear in Multiple Insolvency Petitions. Non-Appearance May Lead to Coercive Orders to Secure Presence Under Insolvency Jurisdiction.

High Court: Bombay High Court Bench: BOMBAY
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Case Note & Summary

The Bombay High Court was hearing a batch of insolvency petitions and notices of motion filed by several judgment creditors against the judgment debtors, Jagdish Bhagwandas Ahuja and others. The matters were listed before Justice G.S. Kulkarni. The court directed that all matters be stood over to the following Thursday at 2:30 pm. The judgment debtors were directed to remain present in court on the adjourned date, failing which the court would consider passing appropriate orders to secure their presence. No substantive legal issues were decided; the order was purely procedural.

Headnote

A) Insolvency Law - Procedure - Personal Appearance of Judgment Debtors - Presidency Towns Insolvency Act, 1909 - In a batch of insolvency petitions and notices of motion, the Court directed the judgment debtors to remain present on the adjourned date of hearing, failing which it would consider passing appropriate orders to secure their presence - Held that presence of judgment debtors is necessary for further proceedings. (Paras 1-2)

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Final Decision

The court adjourned the matters and directed the judgment debtors to be present on the next date, with a warning of coercive steps for non-appearance.

Law Points

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  • Personal appearance of judgment debtors
  • Insolvency jurisdiction procedure
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Case Details

2022 LawText (BOM) (06) 67

Insolvency Petition No. 35 of 2019 along with Insolvency Petition Nos. 32, 33, 4, 34, 36, 38, 5 of 2019-2020 and Notices of Motion (L) Nos. 15625/2022, 20090/2021, 25591/2021, 7118/2022, 7119/2022, 7120/2022, 7121/2022, 7122/2022, 7123/2022, 7303/2022 and Insolvency Notices Nos. 8/2021, 10/2021, 4/2022, 6/2022, 5/2022, 2/2022, 1/2022, 7/2022, 3/2022

2022-06-17

G.S. Kulkarni

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Preeti Gada, Mukul Taly, Sayali Gharpure, Paluck Bengali, Rajesh Jain, Rohit, Girish Kedia, Naved Chawdhary

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Nature of Litigation

Insolvency petitions and related notices of motion.

Remedy Sought

Various judgment creditors seeking insolvency of judgment debtors; judgment debtors filed notices of motion for certain reliefs.

Filing Reason

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Previous Decisions

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Ratio Decidendi

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Judgment Excerpts

Stand over to next Thursday, at 2:30pm. On the adjourned date of hearing, the judgment debtors are directed to remain present in the Court. In the event the judgment debtors are not present on the adjourned date of hearing, the court shall consider to pass appropriate order to secure their presence.

Procedural History

The matters were listed before the Bombay High Court in its insolvency jurisdiction. Various insolvency petitions and notices of motion were pending. On June 17, 2022, the court heard the matters and passed the present order.

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