Kartik Harshad Jhaveri vs Charanjit Arora And Anr

ik-22308683 Bombay High Court 16 December 2025 • WRIT PETITION NO. 5735 OF 2025; WRIT PETITION NO. 5646 OF 2025; WRIT PETITION NO. 5644 OF 2025 • 17 min read

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Case Significance

Kartik Harshad Jhaveri vs Charanjit Arora And Anr is a Bombay High Court decision dated December 16, 2025 (citation: ik-22308683). Three connected writ petitions challenged orders in NI Act Section 138 complaints where the Magistrate had taken cognizance without deciding pending applications for condonation of delay, and the complainant had subsequently withdrawn those delay condonation applications. The Court partly allowed the petitions, quashing the cognizance orders and the orders of withdrawal of delay condonation applications, and restored the applications to the Magistrate's file for decision on merits within thre The case was heard by Justice N.J. Jamadar. Counsel appearing: Ashok Shetty (counsel for petitioner), Bhagwan Mishra (counsel for respondent), Karishma Jhaveri (counsel for petitioner), R. S. Tendulkar (counsel for respondent).

Summary

Three connected writ petitions challenged orders in NI Act Section 138 complaints where the Magistrate had taken cognizance without deciding pending applications for condonation of delay, and the complainant had subsequently withdrawn those delay condonation applications. The Court partly allowed the petitions, quashing the cognizance orders and the orders of withdrawal of delay condonation applications, and restored the applications to the Magistrate's file for decision on merits within three months, after providing hearing opportunity to parties.

What was the outcome of Kartik Harshad Jhaveri vs Charanjit Arora And Anr?

Three connected writ petitions challenged orders in NI Act Section 138 complaints where the Magistrate had taken cognizance without deciding pending applications for condonation of delay, and the comp...

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