The New India Assurance Co. .Ltd. v. Bewa Lutfun
Case brief
What is this about?
Short disposal order, useful only to trace the fate of FAO 20/2009 (New India Assurance Co. Ltd. as appellant against Bewa Lutfun): dismissed for non-prosecution by the Delhi High Court on 18.03.2026 (Justice Manoj Kumar Ohri) after repeated non-appearance of the appellant and failure of service of default notice on its erstwhile counsel. Keywords: FAO 20/2009; non-prosecution; default notice unserved; counsel ceased representation; New India Assurance; Bewa Lutfun; Delhi High Court; Manoj Kumar Ohri. Contains no ratio on any substantive legal question and should not be cited for any proposition of law.
What did the court decide?
The appeal is dismissed for non-prosecution: the appellant did not appear on 05.02.2026 or 07.02.2026, and the default notice issued pursuant to the order dated 07.02.2026 to the appellant's counsel remained unserved because the counsel claimed he no longer represented the appellant.