Mr K N Venkataswamy Reddy v. K M Srinivasa Reddy S/O Late K C Munireddy Dead
Case brief
What is this about?
NC: 2025:KHC:22732 - RFA No. 436 of 2010 (PAR), High Court of Karnataka at Bengaluru, decided 27.06.2025 by H.T. Narendra Prasad, J. Appeal under Section 96 CPC against judgment and decree dated 17.12.2009 in O.S.No.16442/2005 (XXVIII Addl. City Civil Judge, Mayohall Unit, Bangalore) dismissing suit for partition, declaration and permanent injunction. Dismissed for non-prosecution: appellant absent and unrepresented after earlier counsel's retirement (order dated 02.12.2024). No adjudication on merits; no precedent discussed. Keywords: non-prosecution dismissal; appellant absent; partition suit; Karnataka High Court; RFA.
What did the court decide?
The court found that none appeared for the appellant, who had not engaged the services of any counsel, and that the appellant appeared not interested in prosecuting the case. ¶63