Khadpekar v Official Trustee in Bankruptcy (No 2)

In *Khadpekar v Official Trustee in Bankruptcy (No 2)*, heard by Judge Lucev in the Federal Court of Australia, the applicant sought leave to file further documents and to amend a prior judgment. The respondent was the Official Trustee in Bankruptcy.

The court was required to determine whether to grant the applicant leave to file additional documents and to amend the existing judgment, and to consider the public interest implications of such an amendment. The court also had to determine the appropriate costs order.

Judge Lucev dismissed the applicant's applications, finding that the proposed amendments and the filing of further documents were not in the public interest. The court reasoned that the applicant had not demonstrated a sufficient basis for the amendments or the late filing of documents, and that to allow them would undermine the finality of judgments and the proper administration of bankruptcy proceedings. The court ordered the applicant to pay the respondent's costs of the application in the sum of $37,270, payable by 31 May 2013.