Divisional Officer, the New India Insurance Company Ltd. v. Smyt. Heerabai Bansidas Bairagi and Ors.
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Short dismissal order of the High Court of Judicature at Bombay dated 23.11.2022 in First Appeal (St.) No. 27946 of 2013 (with Civil Application Nos. 633 and 634 of 2014): appeal by the New India Assurance Co. Ltd. (through its Divisional Officer, Satpur, Nashik) against Heerabai Bansidas Bairagi & Ors. dismissed because Respondent No.3 remained unserved despite the Court's direction of 26.04.2022 to complete service within a week, failing which the appeal would stand dismissed; civil applications disposed of as infructuous; liberty effectively noted that a restoration application will be considered on its own merits. Coram: R.I. Chagla, J. Counsel: Yatin Malvankar with Atharva Date, instructed by Shubham Misar, for the Appellant; Yogita M. Deshmukh for Respondent No.1. Useful search terms: dismissal for non-service of respondent; restoration application; New India Assurance; Bombay High Court first appeal (st.).