Dinesh Agrawal v. Reeta Ghosal
Case brief
What is this about?
First Appeals FA No. 24 of 2020 and FA No. 13 of 2020, High Court of Chhattisgarh, Bilaspur; decided 18.02.2025; bench: Justice Naresh Kumar Chandravanshi (sole judge, author). Dismissed for want of prosecution due to complete non-appearance of appellants and absence of counsel despite repeated calls. Parties: Smt. Reeta Ghoshal/Ghosal (W/o Samarnath Ghoshal), Dinesh Agrawal, Ranjeet Mandal, Rajendra Prasad Sahu, State of Chhattisgarh through Collector Surguja (Ambikapur). No statutes cited; no precedents cited; no quantum. Marked NAFR; neutral citation 2025:CGHC:8503. Keywords: want of prosecution; dismissal; non-appearance; first appeal; Chhattisgarh; Surguja; Ambikapur.
What did the court decide?
Because, despite repeated calls, neither appellant appeared nor was represented by any counsel, the Court had no other option but to dismiss both first appeals for want of prosecution.