2025 Supreme(Online)(Mad) 65188

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS
ABDUL QUDDHOSE, J
T.Karmegan – Appellant
Versus
The Managing Director Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation (Tirunelveli) Limited – Respondent
W.P.(MD) No.13021 of 2022

The absence of legal representation for a deceased petitioner leads to dismissal of the suit as abated.

Headnote:The case concerns a writ petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution to quash the orders of punishment issued by the Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation. The Court noted that the petitioner had passed away but legal representatives were not substituted, leading to the dismissal of the petition as abated. The Court framed the issue as whether the legal representatives of the deceased petitioner could pursue the matter, determining that the absence of substitution invalidated further proceedings. The final outcome was the dismissal of the writ petition.