Shri.Sidramayya Mahalingayya Haladevarmath v. Shri.Gurulingayya Gowrishankar Haladevarmath
Case brief
What is this about?
Abatement of appeal on death of sole appellant; failure of legal representatives to take steps; RFA No. 100108 of 2018 (PAR/POS); neutral citation NC: 2025:KHC-D:7264-DB; High Court of Karnataka, Dharwad Bench; decided 02.06.2025; bench R. Nataraj and Rajesh Rai K., JJ.; appeal under Section 96 CPC against partition and separate possession decree dated 03.02.2018 in O.S.No.6/2013 (Senior Civil Judge, Hukkeri); dismissed as abated without decision on merits; no precedent cited; no costs or quantum awarded.
What did the court decide?
The Court recorded the submission that the sole appellant had died and his legal representatives had not contacted counsel to take necessary steps, and dismissed the appeal as having abated. ¶47