Marichikkamma v. Karigowda
Case brief
What is this about?
High Court of Karnataka at Bengaluru; RSA No. 620 of 2016 (NC: 2025:KHC:44164); decided 03-11-2025 by Dr. Justice K.Manmadha Rao (single judge). Second appeal under S.100 CPC against the first-appellate judgment/decree dated 02.01.2016 in R.A.No. 740/2014 (Ist Addl. District Judge, Mysuru) confirming the decree dated 20.10.2014 in O.S.No.660/2004 (Prl. Judge, Court of Small Causes, Mysuru). Appellants Marichikkamma and Mahadevaiah @ Mahadeva were served with notice but remained absent; no counsel appeared for them; appeal dismissed for non-prosecution. No precedents cited and no substantive adjudication of the underlying civil dispute; citable only as an instance of dismissal for non-prosecution.
What did the court decide?
The court held that the appellants were not interested in prosecuting the appeal and accordingly dismissed the appeal for non-prosecution.