(1.) HEARD the learned counsel for the Appellant Shri Shriram Kulkarni, and the learned counsel for the Respondent No.1 Shri Nitin Deshpande. Admit on the following substantial questions of law:-
(2.) WITH the consent of the learned counsel appearing for the parties, the above Second Appeals are taken up for final hearing forthwith.
(3.) SINCE the above Second Appeals involve common questions of fact and law, they are being heard together and disposed of by the instant order. The parties would be referred to as per their status in the Trial Court.