1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CIVIL APPLICATION NO.1752 OF 2006 IN WRIT PETITION NO.7072 OF 2003 Deepak Shroff ..Applicant. Vs. Smt. Rajshree Singh & Ors. ..Respondents. ... Mrs. Rita D. Bhatia for the Applicant. Mr. Vima Dalal for the Respondents. .... CORAM: DR. D.Y. CHANDRACHUD, J. 13th July, 2006. P.C. : By the order of this Court dated 14th March, 2005, the Small Causes Court was directed to dispose of the standard rent application within a period of eight months from the date of the receipt of the order. Time is stated to expire on 18th July, 2006. Counsel appearing for the Applicant has stated that the Small Causes Court has closed the evidence in view of the pending time limit and that is liable to cause a miscarriage of justice. Counsel appearing for the Applicant before the Small Causes Court states that his advocate is likely to be in some personal difficulty and would be returning to India in the first week of October 2006. In 2 these circumstances, time to complete the proceedings is extended until 30th November, 2006. Since a grievance has been made before the Court that the Small Causes Court was required to close the cross examination in view of the pending time limit, it is needless to add that in view of the extension in time it would be open to the Trial Judge to pass such further orders as would be consistent with the ends of justice with a view to give liberty to both the sides to conclude their cases. It would be open to the Applicant to apply before the Small Causes Court for recalling the witness for completion of the cross examination. The Civil Application is disposed of.