1/2 31 IA-4385-2025.DOC IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY ORDINARY ORIGINAL CIVIL JURISDICTION INTERIM APPLICATION NO. 4385 OF 2025 IN TESTAMENTARY SUIT NO. 15 OF 2016 IN TESTAMENTARY PETITION NO. 1869 OF 2015 Tejraj Singh Anand … Applicant/Plaintiff Vs. Amardeep Kaur Bindra & Another … Respondents _______ Ms. Hemali Dhande i/b RVJ Associates for Plaintiff. Ms. Vidisha Rohira, Mr. Anshul Kochar i/b VJ Juris Advocates for Defendant No. 2. _______ CORAM : ARIF S. DOCTOR, J. DATE : 21 st September, 2026. P.C. 1. This Interim Application seeks appointment of Court Commissioner to record evidence in the matter. 2. By consent of the parties, Advocate Smriti Singh is appointed as Court Commissioner. 3. The details of the Court Commissioner are as follows : Name : Adv. Smriti Singh Contact No. : 9820087174 Sairaj 2026:BHC-OS:20837 2/2 31 IA-4385-2025.DOC Address : C/O Chambers of Mr. Shriaz Rustomjee, 2B, Jeevan Jyot,18/20 Cawasji Patel Street, Fort, Mumbai – 400 001. 4. The Court Commissioner to act as Commissioner for recording evidence in the captioned suit under the following directions : 1. The Commissioner is at liberty to exercise discretion under Order XVIII Rule 4(4) of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908, to note the demeanour of the witnesses where necessary. 2. Further examination-in-chief of any witness is to be permitted before the Commissioner before cross-examination commences. 3. All further examination-in-chief and cross-examination shall be conducted strictly in question and answer form. 4. The Commissioner will also be at liberty to direct that the whole or any part of the cross-examination should be video recorded for later reference of the court. Should that be done, the original audio visual recording will be submitted along with the Commissioner’s Report to the Registry. 5. Liberty to the parties as also to the Commissioner to apply in case of difficulty. 6. All re-examination will be conducted only in court. 7. Costs of the commission shall be borne equally by the parties. 8. The Commissioner is not to permit any applications for adjournment on dates previously fixed, except where absolutely unavoidable. Counsel’s inconvenience or unavailability does not constitute such unavoidability. 5. Interim Application is accordingly, disposed of. (ARIF S. DOCTOR, J.) Sairaj