Whether the court can entertain miscellaneous application after disposal of main petition?

  The adoption petition was disposed of on 16th March, 2022 and Misc. Application was filed on 18th August, 2022. The provisions of Order 20 Rule 3 of Code of Civil Procedure (CPC) provides that the judgment once signed shall not afterwards be altered or added to save as provided by Section 152 or on review. I find considerable force in the submission of learned counsel for Petitioner that once the adoption petition was disposed of by order dated 16th March, 2022, the City Civil Court became functus officio and could not have entertained Misc Application No.137 of 2022. Pertinently at the time of passing of the order dated 8th March, 2023 in Misc. Application No.137 of 2022, the same Court was seized of Short Cause Suit No.2830 of 2022 and passed the order in Notice of Motion No.4791 of 2022 on the same day. In spite of being functus officio, the City Civil Court has, on the basis of arguments and documents, decided the miscellaneous application and vide order dated 8th March, 2023 directed the custody to be handed over to the respondents herein which cannot be sustained. {Para 38}

IN THE HIGH COURT OF BOMBAY

Writ Petition No. 6461 of 2023

Decided On: 19.08.2023

Jeetendra  Vs. Yash 

Hon'ble Judges/Coram:

Sharmila U. Deshmukh, J.

Citation: MANU/MH/3247/2023.

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