Overview
- The same judge who pushed the case to 2046 on Tuesday listed it for July 15, 2026 on Wednesday and directed that a corrected order be uploaded.
- The modification came after the plaintiffs’ lawyer asked the court to delete sharp observations from the earlier one‑page order.
- The original order had called the dispute an ego fight, refused priority based on the litigants’ age, and said an unconditional apology could have resolved the matter.
- The suit, filed in 2017 by Tarinibahen Desai and her daughter Dhvani, seeks Rs 20 crore over alleged defamation tied to a 2015 meeting at the Shyam Co‑operative Housing Society in Mumbai.
- Court records show years of delays, including 2019 directions to file witnesses and a warning in March last year about non‑appearance, reflecting wider backlogs that often push judges to urge settlements.