Smt. Manjula @ Vijayalakshmi Nayak v. Smt. Vijayalaxmi Nayak
Case brief
What is this about?
Karnataka High Court, Bengaluru; RSA No.1371 of 2021 (PAR); H.P. Sandesh J (oral judgment dated 04.06.2025); abatement of appeal on failure to bring legal representatives of deceased sole appellant on record; death reported 21.06.2024; two-week impleadment direction ignored for one year; appeal dismissed as abated; filed under Section 100 CPC; against judgment and decree dated 29.07.2019 in R.A.No.27/2018 confirming decree dated 29.08.2018 in O.S.No.244/2013; courts at Belthangady, Dakshina Kannada; parties: Manjula @ Vijayalakshmi Nayak (appellant) v. Vijayalaxmi Nayak, Poornima Shenoy, Jayasheela Shetty, Asha Kini, Usha Jain (respondents); counsel Sri. Rakshith Kumar for appellant.
What did the court decide?
The regular second appeal is dismissed as abated, since despite the Court's direction following the report of the sole appellant's death on 21.06.2024, the legal representatives of the deceased appellant were not brought on record even after lapse of one year.