CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE KHATIM REZA ORAL ORDER

18 20-01-2026 Re: I.A. No. 3 of 2024 The present interlocutory application has been filed for substituting the names of the heirs and legal representatives of respondent no.1, namely late Sita Ram Jha, who died on 19.05.2014, leaving behind his heirs and legal representatives, whose details are mentioned in paragraph no.2 of the interlocutory application.

2. Learned counsel for the appellants submits that the wife of respondent no.1 had predeceased him. It is further submitted that the application for substitution has been filed on 20.01.2024, which is beyond the prescribed period of limitation.

Re: I.A. No. 5 of 2024

3. This interlocutory application has been filed under Order XXII Rule 9 of the Code of Civil Procedure read with Section 5 of the Limitation Act for setting aside abatement against respondent no.1 and for condoning the delay in filing the application for setting aside abatement.

4. Learned counsel for the appellants submits that earlier Mr. Pranav Ranjan, Mr. Ashiwani Rai and Mr. Arvind Kumar Verma were appearing on behalf of the appellants as junior counsels to the learned senior counsel Mr. Keshav Shrivastava. Durin