JUDGMENT :

With consent of the parties, hearing of the matter has been done through video conferencing and there is no complaint whatsoever regarding audio and visual quality.

I.A. No. 3281 of 2021

2. Heard the parties.

3. This Interlocutory Application has been filed on behalf of appellants for expunging the name of sole respondent, who is said to have died, however, exact date of his death is not available with the appellants.

4. Be that as it may, in the facts and circumstances of the case and the statements made in the Interlocutory Application, the legal representatives fully described in paragraph 6 of the Interlocutory Application is hereby ordered to be substituted in place of the sole respondent after expunging his name.

5. This order would be subject to any objection if raised in future by any aggrieved person.

6. I.A. No. 3281 of 2021 is allowed.

I.A. No. 1983 of 2020

7. This Interlocutory Application has been filed for condoning the delay of 314 days, which has occurred in preferring this appeal.

8. Heard learned counsel appearing for the parties.

9. Having regard to the averments made in this application, we are of the view that the appellants were prevented by sufficient cause f