Ramachandra Venkatraman Bhat v. Venkatraman Timmayya Hegde by Lrs
Case brief
What is this about?
Keywords: dismissal for non-prosecution; non-appearance of appellants; RSA No.5291/2008; High Court of Karnataka, Dharwad Bench; Justice E.S.Indiresh; decision 07.01.2025; NC: 2025:KHC-D:158; appeal under S.100 CPC; suit O.S.No.11/91 (Civil Judge Junior Division, Sirsi, decree 23.03.1994); first appeal R.A.No.42/94 (Civil Judge Senior Division, Sirsi, 16.07.2008); parties Bhat v. Hegde, Betakoppa/Betekoppa, Sirsi, North Kanara; appellants' counsel Jeevan J. Neeralgi and K. S. Patil; respondents' counsel Shastri & Hegde Associates and Ravi Hegde. No merits adjudicated, no precedent cited or applied, no monetary award — citable only as an instance of dismissal of an appeal for want of prosecution.
What did the court decide?
The Court found that no representative of the appellants appeared when the appeal was called in the morning session and again in the afternoon session, that the order sheet showed similar absences on earlier occasions, and therefore that the appellants were not interested in prosecuting the appeal.