New India Assurance Co. Ltd. v. Abed Ali and 5 Ors.
Case brief
What is this about?
Substitution of legal heirs; Order 22 Rule 4 CPC; death of respondent during pendency; Gauhati High Court; I.A.(Civil)/101/2020; MFA/51/2016; New India Assurance Co. Ltd. v. Abed Ali and others; deceased respondent No.2 Abdus Salam; heirs substituted as respondents 2(a) to 2(e) - Ayesha Khatun, Lokman Ali, Sharuk Ali, Saiful Islam, Nur Ahmed; amended cause title to be filed within one week; application disposed of.
What did the court decide?
Legal heirs of the deceased respondent No.2 Abdus Salam (Ayesha Khatun, Lokman Ali, Sharuk Ali, Saiful Islam and Nur Ahmed) substituted as respondent Nos. 2(a) to 2(e); appellant directed to file corrected amended cause title in the connected MFA No. 51/2016 within one week. ¶36