SUDESH BANSAL
Babu Lal Mathur – Appellant
Versus
Jagdamba Prasad – Respondent
ORDER
1. This second appeal has been filed by appellants-defendants against the judgment and decree dated 10.12.2010 and 19.04.2005 whereby and whereunder the civil suit for permanent injunction filed by the respondent No.1-Plaintiff was decreed.
2. This court called for record of both courts below and issued notices to respondents vide order dated 10.04.2017. Thereafter, fresh notices were issued vide order dated 27.07.2017. Thereafter, appellants have filed an application under Order 22 Rule 4 CPC on 23.04.2019 with an information that it transpired to the appellants that respondent No.1-Plaintiff Jagdamba Prasad has passed away on 13.01.2013 during pendency of this appeal and is survived by legal representatives, named in the application against whom right to sue and pursue the appeal survives.
3. Since there is a delay in filing the application, separate application under Section5 of the Limitation Act and another application under Order 22 Rule 9 CPC, seeking to set aside the abatement of appeal have also been filed.
4. This Court issued notices vide order dated 17.05.2019 on all three applications to the legal representatives of deceased respondent No.1-plaintiff.
5. Notices ha
Balwant Singh vs. Jagdish Singh [(2010) 8 SCC 685]
Milthailal Dalsangar Singh and Ors. vs. Annabai Devram Kini and Ors. [2003(10) SCC 691]
The principle of 'sufficient cause' and the justice-oriented approach should be applied in deciding matters, and matters should be decided on merits instead of dismissing them on technical grounds li....
The principle of 'sufficient cause' as per the Limitation Act and Order 22 Rule 9 CPC was applied to condone the delay and advance substantial justice.
Courts adopt a liberal approach in allowing substitution after death of an appellant, emphasizing that ignorance of the appeal's pendency warrants consideration in condoning delay.
Substitution and abatement of suit/appeal – Limitation – Any lapse on part of a litigant should be construed within a broader framework of facts and law so that litigant is not ousted from Courts.
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