(1.) All these Revision Applications are directed against identical orders dtd. 15/6/2024 passed by the learned Civil Judge, Senior Division, Panvel, whereby the Applications preferred by the Applicant- Defendant No.2, purportedly seeking the framing and trial of issue of jurisdiction as a preliminary issue and dismissal of the suit for want of jurisdiction, came to be rejected.
(2.) Since identical questions of facts and law arise, these Revision Applications were heard together and are being decided by this common judgment.
(3.) The facts in Revision Application No. 580 of 2024, assailing the order in SCS No. 57 of 2007, are noted as a representative case. The background facts can be summarised as under: