BARIN GHOSH, C.M.PRASAD
Lal Keshri Devi – Appellant
Versus
Duleshwari Devi – Respondent
Barin Ghosh and C.M.Prasad JJ.
1. Order XXII Rule 3 sub-rule (1) of the Code of Civil Procedure provides, amongst others, that where sole surviving plaintiff dies and the right to sue survives, the Court on an application made in that behalf, shall cause legal representative of the deceased-plaintiff to be made a party and shall proceed with the suit. Sub-rule (2) of Rule 3 of Order XXII of the Code provides that where within the time limited by law no application is made under sub-rule (1), the suit shall abate so far as the deceased-plaintiff is concerned. Article 120 of the Schedule to the Limitation Act prescribes the time limit of 90 days to have legal epresentative of a deceased-plaintiff made a party. Therefore, if an application is not made within 90 days to make the legal representative of the deceased-plaintiff a party, the suit abates.
2. Rule 11 of Order XXlI of the Code provides that the provisions contained in the said Order shall apply to appeals and the word "plaintiff" shall be held to include an appellant. In the circumstances, if within 90 days an application is not made to make the legal representative of a deceased-appellant a party to the appeal, the a
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