Daulatraya S/O Sahebgouda v. Bapugouda S/O Sahebgouda and Ors.
Case brief
What is this about?
RSA No. 200133 of 2016, High Court of Karnataka, Kalaburagi Bench (Anant Ramanath Hegde J., 05-03-2025): second appeal by Daulatraya S/o Sahebgouda challenging confirmation of the decree in O.S.No.196/2005; dismissed as abated because more than three months passed after the deaths of the sole appellant and respondents 1 to 3 without substitution of their legal heirs. Keywords: abatement, legal heirs/legal representatives, substitution, Section 100 CPC, Regular Second Appeal.
What did the court decide?
More than three months having elapsed since the death of the sole appellant and of respondents 1 to 3, and no steps having been taken to substitute their legal heirs, the appeal abates. ¶41