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) 20 High Court (Appellate Division) 25 June 2024 AD/CA 88/2023 ( AD/SUM 12/2024,AD/SUM 2/2024,AD/SUM 16/2024 ) 17 min read

5 cases cited (4 SG, 1 foreign) Cited by 1 case

Key facts

Court	High Court (Appellate Division)
Decided	25 June 2024
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) 20, High Court (Appellate Division), decided 25 June 2024 — eLitigation. Updated 25 June 2026.

Catchwords

Civil Procedure — Striking out Civil Procedure — Extension of time

Practice Areas

Civil Procedure

Judges (3)

Debbie Ong Siew Ling Coram See Kee Oon Coram Woo Bih Li Delivered

Counsel (19)

Davinder Singh Chambers LLC Firm K&L Gates Straits Law LLC Firm Niru & Co LLC Firm WongPartnership LLP Firm Chin Ming Fwu Counsel Appellant Daryl Wong Counsel Appellant Davinder Singh Counsel Respondent Eva Teh Jing Hui Counsel Appellant Jaikanth Shankar Counsel Respondent Jaspreet Singh Sachdev Counsel Respondent Kanapathi Pillai Nirumalan Counsel Respondent Lim Wei Lee Counsel Appellant Narayanan Sreenivasan Counsel Appellant Ng Shu Wen Counsel Respondent Rajaram Muralli Raja Counsel Appellant Ritesh Vaman Counsel Respondent Tan Chee Meng Counsel Appellant Victoria Yu Counsel Appellant Wee Min Counsel Appellant

Parties (15)

Capital Glory Investments Pte Ltd Appellant Great Newton Properties Pte Ltd Appellant Millers Capital Investments Pte Ltd Appellant Newton Noble Properties Pte Ltd Appellant Nova Raffles Holdings Pte Ltd Appellant Singapore Star Holdings Pte Ltd Appellant Singapore Star Investments Pte Ltd Appellant Singapore Star Properties Pte Ltd Appellant Singapore Star Shipping Pte Ltd Appellant Sino Ling Tao Resources Pte Ltd Appellant Sino Noble Asset Management Pte Ltd Appellant Winter Meadow Capital Inc Respondent Darsan Jitendra Jhaveri Appellant Kwan Ka Yu Terence Third Party Lakshmi Anil Salgaocar (suing as the Administratrix of the Estate of Anil Vassudeva Salgaocar) Respondent

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) 20 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. Decided in Civil Appeal No 88 of 2023 (Summonses Nos 2, 12 and 16 of 2024), the grounds addressed civil procedure questions of striking out and extension of time, again forming part of the litigation in Suit No 821 of 2015 brought by the estate of Anil Vassudeva Salgaocar and Winter Meadow Capital Inc against Darsan Jitendra Jhaveri and a series of corporate defendants.

The appellants, Mr Jhaveri and 11 corporate entities including Singapore Star Holdings Pte Ltd and Nova Raffles Holdings 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 were represented by Davinder Singh of Davinder Singh Chambers LLC and counsel from Niru & Co LLC.

[2024] SGHC(A) 20 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) 20) 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) 20 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) 20) is a High Court (Appellate Division) decision from 2024. Its published catchwords are “Civil Procedure — Striking out” and “Civil Procedure — Extension of time”, which indicate the subject matter the judgment addresses. The full reasoning and orders are in the judgment itself, linked below.

How influential is [2024] SGHC(A) 20?

Within this corpus, [2024] SGHC(A) 20 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 was decided in Darsan Jitendra Jhaveri v Lakshmi Anil Salgaocar [2024] SGHC(A) 20?

It was a 2024 Appellate Division of the High Court decision delivered by Woo Bih Li JAD on 25 June 2024, addressing civil procedure issues of striking out and extension of time in Civil Appeal No 88 of 2023, arising from Suit No 821 of 2015.

How does [2024] SGHC(A) 20 relate to [2024] SGHC(A) 19?

Both [2024] SGHC(A) 20 and [2024] SGHC(A) 19 were decided on 25 June 2024 by Woo Bih Li JAD, sitting with Debbie Ong Siew Ling and See Kee Oon, in Civil Appeal No 88 of 2023, but 20 concerned striking out and extension of time across different summonses.