Shyam Lal v. Shankar Sharma
Case brief
What is this about?
MAC No. 1645 of 2025, High Court of Chhattisgarh at Bilaspur, decided 15.1.2026 by Rakesh Mohan Pandey, J. Appeal by Shyam Lal against Shankar Sharma (driver), Pradeep Kumar Sahu (owner) and The Oriental Insurance Company Limited dismissed for want of prosecution due to continued non-representation of the appellant, including in the second round of hearing. No statutes or precedents discussed; no advocates appeared for the appellant.
What did the court decide?
As there is no representation on behalf of the appellant even when the matter is taken up for hearing in the second round, there is no other option left with the Court but to dismiss the appeal for want of prosecution. ¶20