Allowed¶11
Hemant Kumar Pandey and Another v. Smt. Varsha Pandey
Service of process – Substituted service by publication, Order 5 Rule 20 CPC
Allahabad HCFAPL/153/2024
Case brief
AI extract
What is this about?
Allahabad High Court, Lucknow Bench (Court No. 20), Prashant Kumar, J.: First Appeal No. 153 of 2024, Hemant Kumar Pandey and another v. Smt. Varsha Pandey — C.M. Application No. IA/4/2025 allowed; substituted service of notice on respondent by publication under Order 5, Rule 20 CPC in two local newspapers (one vernacular); decided February 9, 2026. Appellants' counsel: Lalit Mohan Joshi, Rajesh Kumar Misra, Shubhra Sahai; no counsel shown for respondent.
What did the court decide?
Substituted service of notice upon the respondent by publication in the two local newspapers prescribed under the rules, one in vernacular, as per Order 5, Rule 20 CPC. ¶11