* 1 * C.R.A.-167/2004 21.9.2010 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CIVIL REVISION APPLICATION NO. 167 OF 2004 Smt. Pramila Narhari Paranjpe and Ors. .... Applicants/Orig.Defds Hardikar’s New Shorthand and Typewriting Institute ..... Respondent/Orig.Plff * * * * Ms. Chandana Salgaonkar, Advocate for the applicants. Mr. J. Shekhar i/by. M/s. J. Shekhar & Co.,Advocate for the respondent. Brother of partner of respondent present. Coram : Smt. R.P. SondurBaldota, JJ. 21 September, 2010. P.C. : 1. Mr. Shekhar, the learned counsel for the respondent concedes that respondent no.1-firm is distinct from the firm in the same name as in existence till the date of 26th September, 1998. The partnership firm bearing the same name as the respondent, which was registered on 21st May 1968 stood dissolved by operation of law on * 2 * C.R.A.-167/2004 21.9.2010 26th September, 1998 on the death of the second partner leaving only one partner. In view of the concession, the Civil Revision Application is allowed. The impugned judgment and order dated 7th August, 2004 passed by the Small Causes Court, Pune in Civil Suit No.44 of 2003 is set aside. 2. Mr. Shekhar, the learned counsel for respondent, seeks to withdraw the suit and file a fresh suit by the newly constituted firm bearing the same name. He contends that there is an interim order passed in the suit directing the parties to maintain status-quo. This statement is disputed by the learned counsel appearing for the applicants. In that circumstance, the interim order, if any, is continued for a period of 4 weeks from today. [Smt. R.P. SondurBaldota, J]