Disposed¶10
Satyananda Brahmachari @ Shrimat Bhakti Vedanta Gobinda Maha v. Swami Bhakti Vedanta Acharya Maharaj
Calcutta HCCS/122/2015
Case brief
AI extract
What is this about?
Defamation suit abated on death of sole defendant; right to suit does not survive; affidavit of Joint Secretary, Gaudiya Vedanta Samity; plaintiff no. 1 also expired; Satyananda Brahmachari v. Swami Bhakti Vedanta Acharya Maharaj Chanchal Kumar Dutt / Swarvanu Saha; CS/122/2015; High Court at Calcutta Original Side; Sugato Majumdar J; disposed of as abated.
What did the court decide?
On the death of the sole defendant, the right to suit does not survive; accordingly, the suit is disposed of as abated. ¶10