{"id":382678,"date":"2026-04-29T14:00:47","date_gmt":"2026-04-29T08:30:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/?p=382678"},"modified":"2026-04-29T14:36:23","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T09:06:23","slug":"bombay-hc-adjourns-defamation-suit-until-2046","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2026\/04\/29\/bombay-hc-adjourns-defamation-suit-until-2046\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cNot be Taken Up for the Next 20 Years\u201d: Bombay High Court Declines to Hear 90-Year-Old\u2019s Ego-Driven Case Before 2046"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>\n.animate-charcter{background-image: linear-gradient(-225deg, #231557 0%, #44107a 29%, #ff1361 67%, #fff800 100%); background-size: 200% auto; -webkit-background-clip: text; -webkit-text-fill-color: transparent; animation: textclip 0s linear infinite;}\n@keyframes textclip {to {background-position: 200% center;}}\n<\/style>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify; line-height: 150%;\">\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Bombay High Court:<\/span> While hearing a defamation suit by an elderly litigant, <span style=\"color: #0e101a;\">the Single Judge Bench of Jitendra Jain, J., directed that the present matter should neither be taken up for the next 20 years, <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">i.e.<\/span>, 2046, nor be given priority on the ground that the petitioners are senior citizens or super senior citizens.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\">At the outset, the Court stated that the present matter exemplified the kind of ego-driven disputes between parties that spill into courts, continue even at the far end of their lives, and clog the system, thereby preventing the Court from taking up matters that truly require priority.<\/p>\n<p>The Court had earlier suggested that an unconditional apology could have easily resolved the dispute. However, Plaintiff 1, despite being nearly 90 years old, persisted in pursuing the defamation suit. The Court stated,<\/p>\n<p class=\"animate-charcter\" style=\"margin-left: 36pt; margin-bottom: 3%; font-style: italic;\">&#8220;I do not wish to state anything further except that this matter should not be taken up for the next 20 years.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\">The Court directed that the matter be listed only after 2046 and that no priority be accorded on the ground that the petitioners are senior or super senior citizens. 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