ANTONIO AGNELO DO PERPETUO SOCORRO DCOSTA v. REGINALDINA SAUDEI COLACOE MARTINS (DECEASED)
2019-03-19
C.V.BHADANG
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JUDGMENT : C. V. Bhadang, J. Heard the learned counsel for the parties. 2. By this Revision application, the applicants are challenging the order dated 23/9/2013 passed by the learned District Judge at Margao in Civil Review Application no.19/2012. By the impugned order, the Review application filed by the applicants seeking review of the judgment and decree dated 6/8/2009 in Regular Civil Appeal no.103/2008, has been dismissed. 3. Mr. Usgaonkar, the learned Senior Counsel for the respondents, placing reliance, on the decision of the Supreme Court, in the case of DSR Steel (Private) Limited Vs. State of Rajasthan and others, (2012) 6 SCC 782 has raised a preliminary objection to the maintainability of the Civil Revision application. It is submitted that once the Review application was dismissed, the decree which was sought to be reviewed was neither reversed nor altered or modified and in such a contingency, there is no question of any, merger and in such a case it is the original decree or order which has to be challenged within the time stipulated by law, and not the order dismissing the review petition. It is submitted that the applicants have already file second appeal no.53/2015 against the original decree and applicants cannot prosecute two remedies in the matter. 4. Shri Lotlikar, the learned Senior Counsel for the applicants submitted that in the event this Court is inclined to uphold the preliminary objection, appropriate additional substantial question of law, may be framed in Second Appeal no.53 of 2015. 5. I have considered the submissions made. 6. The Hon'ble Supreme Court in the case of DSR Steel P. Ltd. (supra) has found that different situations arise in relation to review petitions, before the Court or the Tribunal. We are presently concerned with a situation as envisaged in paras 25(3) of the judgment which reads thus: 25.3. The third situation with which we are concerned in the instant case is where the revision petition is filed before the Tribunal but the Tribunal refuses to interfere with the decree or order earlier made. It simply dismisses the review petition. The decree in such a case suffers neither any reversal nor an alteration or modification. It is an order by which the review petition is dismissed thereby affirming the decree or order.
It simply dismisses the review petition. The decree in such a case suffers neither any reversal nor an alteration or modification. It is an order by which the review petition is dismissed thereby affirming the decree or order. In such a contingency there is no question of any merger and anyone aggrieved by the decree or order of the Tribunal or Court shall have to challenge within the time stipulated by law, the original decree and not the order dismissing the review petition. Time taken by a party in diligently pursing the remedy by way of review may in appropriate cases be excluded from consideration while condoning the delay in the filing of the appeal, but such exclusion or condonation would not imply that there is a merger of the original decree and the order dismissing the review petition. It can thus be seen, that when the application, for review filed by the applicants was dismissed, the applicants ought to challenge the original judgment and decree which indeed they have done by filing Second Appeal no.53/2015. In that view of the matter, the Civil Revision Application is disposed off with no order as to costs and an appropriate additional substantial question of law is framed in the Second Appeal.