Smt. Kalpana v. Deleted Presiding Officer as per honble court order dated 01/02/2017
Case brief
What is this about?
Chhattisgarh High Court, Bilaspur; WP227 No. 94 of 2017; Article 227 writ petition; challenge to Lok Adalat order dated 29.04.2012 by Presiding Officer (1st Additional District Judge, District Surajpur) in Civil Suit No.04-A/12; dismissal on account of death of sole petitioner (12.09.2019) and non-appearance; liberty to legal heirs to file fresh petition if cause of action survives; State free to examine validity of decree; Justice Deepak Kumar Tiwari; order dated 15.06.2024; NAFR.
What did the court decide?
Liberty reserved to the legal heirs of the deceased petitioner to challenge the impugned order afresh by filing a new petition in accordance with law if the cause of action still survives; the State is at liberty to examine whether a valid decree has been passed and to take recourse to legal remedy. ¶3