DARSAN JITENDRA JHAVERI & 11 Ors v LAKSHMI ANIL SALGAOCAR suing as the Administratrix of the ESTATE OF ANIL VASSUDEVA SALGAOCAR (India Passport No.HXXXXXXX),deceased & Anor
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| Court | High Court (Appellate Division) |
|---|---|
| Decided | |
| Judges | Debbie Ong Siew Ling, See Kee Oon, Woo Bih Li |
| Charges / claim | Civil Procedure |
| Counsel | Davinder Singh Chambers LLC, K&L Gates Straits Law LLC, Niru & Co LLC, WongPartnership LLP, Chin Ming Fwu, Daryl Wong, Davinder Singh, Eva Teh Jing Hui, Jaikanth Shankar, Jaspreet Singh Sachdev, Kanapathi Pillai Nirumalan, Lim Wei Lee, Narayanan Sreenivasan, Ng Shu Wen, Rajaram Muralli Raja, Ritesh Vaman, Tan Chee Meng, Victoria Yu, Wee Min |
Source: [2024] SGHC(A) 19, High Court (Appellate Division), decided — eLitigation. Updated .
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Case Significance
Darsan Jitendra Jhaveri and others v Lakshmi Anil Salgaocar (suing as the Administratrix of the Estate of Anil Vassudeva Salgaocar) and another [2024] SGHC(A) 19 was a decision of the Appellate Division of the High Court delivered by Woo Bih Li JAD, sitting with Debbie Ong Siew Ling and See Kee Oon, on 25 June 2024. The grounds of decision arose in Civil Appeal No 88 of 2023 (Summonses No 46 of 2023 and No 5 of 2024) and concerned an issue of civil procedure relating to amendments, set against the long-running litigation in Suit No 821 of 2015 between the Salgaocar estate and Winter Meadow Capital Inc as plaintiffs and Darsan Jitendra Jhaveri together with numerous Singapore Star and related corporate entities as defendants.
The appellants, comprising Mr Jhaveri and 11 corporate entities including Singapore Star Holdings Pte Ltd, Great Newton Properties Pte Ltd and Millers Capital Investments Pte Ltd, were represented by counsel from WongPartnership LLP and K&L Gates Straits Law LLC, including Tan Chee Meng and Narayanan Sreenivasan. The respondents, the Salgaocar estate administratrix and Winter Meadow Capital Inc, were represented by Davinder Singh and others from Davinder Singh Chambers LLC and Niru & Co LLC.
[2024] SGHC(A) 19 explained
DARSAN JITENDRA JHAVERI & 11 Ors v LAKSHMI ANIL SALGAOCAR suing as the Administratrix of the ESTATE OF ANIL VASSUDEVA SALGAOCAR (India Passport No.HXXXXXXX),deceased & Anor ([2024] SGHC(A) 19) is a Singapore judgment decided by the High Court (Appellate Division) on 25 June 2024. It is categorised under Civil Procedure. Within this corpus it has since been cited by 1 other reported Singapore judgment, a measure of how often later decisions have referred to it. This page summarises what the reported decision covers and links the primary sources — the full judgment, the statutes it cites, and the other cases it engages with — so the decision can be read in context. It is reference information, not legal advice, and it does not state the outcome or any holding beyond what the official judgment records.
What is [2024] SGHC(A) 19 about?
DARSAN JITENDRA JHAVERI & 11 Ors v LAKSHMI ANIL SALGAOCAR suing as the Administratrix of the ESTATE OF ANIL VASSUDEVA SALGAOCAR (India Passport No.HXXXXXXX),deceased & Anor ([2024] SGHC(A) 19) is a High Court (Appellate Division) decision from 2024. Its published catchwords are “Civil Procedure — Amendments”, which indicate the subject matter the judgment addresses. The full reasoning and orders are in the judgment itself, linked below.
Which legislation does [2024] SGHC(A) 19 consider?
The judgment refers to Courts of Judicature Act, Foreign Exchange Management Act, and Supreme Court of Judicature Act (Cap 322). The statutes cited are listed in full on this page, each linking to its primary text.
How influential is [2024] SGHC(A) 19?
Within this corpus, [2024] SGHC(A) 19 has been cited by 1 later reported Singapore judgment. That count reflects references from other decisions held in this corpus only and is a conservative lower bound on how often the case has actually been cited.
What did Darsan Jitendra Jhaveri v Lakshmi Anil Salgaocar [2024] SGHC(A) 19 decide?
It was a 2024 Appellate Division of the High Court decision, delivered by Woo Bih Li JAD on 25 June 2024, dealing with a civil procedure issue concerning amendments in Civil Appeal No 88 of 2023, arising from the long-running Suit No 821 of 2015 between the Salgaocar estate and the Jhaveri parties.
Which judges decided [2024] SGHC(A) 19?
The Appellate Division decision in [2024] SGHC(A) 19 was delivered by Woo Bih Li JAD, who sat together with Debbie Ong Siew Ling and See Kee Oon, on 25 June 2024 in Civil Appeal No 88 of 2023 (Summonses No 46 of 2023 and No 5 of 2024).
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Read on eLitigationSource: eLitigation ([2024] SGHC(A) 19)