Authority: Supreme Court of India

Order Date: 28-07-2026

Case Overview

  • Petitioner: Aditya Birla Capital Ltd.
  • Respondent: Shashikant Gangar (deceased) thr. LR & Ors.
  • Origin: Special Leave Petition (C) No.26357/2024 arising out of the impugned final judgment and order dated 15-10-2024 in WP No.1230/2024 passed by the High Court of Judicature at Bombay at Goa.
  • Hearing Date: 28 July 2026 before Hon'ble Mr. Justice Sanjay Kumar and Hon'ble Mr. Justice Sanjeev Sachdeva.
  • Counsel for Petitioner: Mr. Atmaram S. Nadkarni, Sr. Adv.; Mr. Lalit Kataria, Adv.; Mr. Amey Saletri, Adv.; Mr. Salvador Santosh Rebello, Adv.; AOR Mr. Raghav Sharma, Adv.; Ms. Manisha Gupta, Adv.; Ms. Deepti Arya, Adv.; Ms. Arzu Paul, Adv.; Ms. Himanshi Nagpal, Adv.; Ms. Moulishree Pathak, Adv.; Mr. Nishant Kumar, Adv.; Mr. Devesh Khandelwal, Adv.
  • Counsel for Respondent(s):
  • Mr. Nikhil Goel, Sr. Adv.; Mr. Shivraj Gaonkar, AOR
  • Mr. Dhaval Ved, Adv.
  • Ms. Anjali Sharma, Adv.; Mr. Mandeep Singh Vinaik, Adv.; Mr. Deepak Bashta, Adv.
  • Ms. Shagun Matta, AOR
  • Mr. Devarajan Raman, Adv.
  • Mr. Rizwan Ahmad, AOR; Mr. Himanshu Gupta, Adv.; Mr. Malik Abdur Rahman, Adv.; Mr. Mohd Shoaib Ansari, Adv.; Mr. Amir Kaleem, Adv.; Mr. Mohd Tauheed, Adv.
  • Mr. Abhay Anil Anturkar, Adv.; Mr. Dhruv Tank, Adv.; Mr. Sarthak Mehrotra, Adv.; Ms. Surbhi Kapoor, AOR; Mr. Uday Gautam, Adv.; Ms. Aradhya Srivastava, Adv.; Mr. Nakul Patwardhan, Adv.
  • Court Master: Babita Pandey (AR-cum-PS Court Master, N.S.H.) and Preeti Saxena.
  • Key Procedural Issues: Service of unserved respondent No.3; filing of responses to Interim Application No.193145/2026 by petitioner and respondent No.5.

Final Outcome

  • The Court directed that necessary steps be taken to serve the unserved respondent No.3.
  • Learned counsel for the petitioner and for respondent No.5 were granted time to file their respective responses to I.A. No.193145/2026; the filings are to be completed before the next date of hearing.
  • The earlier interim order dated 11-11-2024 shall continue to operate until the next hearing.
  • The matter was re‑listed for hearing on 11‑08‑2026 and shall retain its position in the list on that date.

Topics: Procedural Order, Special Leave Petition, Aditya Birla Capital