The Regional Manager v. Mrs. R. Bhuvaneshwari
Case brief
What is this about?
Reliance General Insurance Co. Ltd.'s twin appeals (S.173(1) MV Act; MFA (MV-D)) against MACT Bengaluru awards dated 21.09.2017 — Rs.3,43,36,700/- (MVC No.2002/2014) and Rs.1,42,15,600/- (MVC No.2003/2014), each with 8% p.a. interest — dismissed for non-prosecution on 14.07.2026 by the Karnataka HC Division Bench (Jayant Banerji & Vijaykumar A. Patil, JJ.) as nobody appeared for the appellant despite the matters being called out twice; no merits argued, no case cited; awards left intact. Keywords: dismissal for non-prosecution; counsel absent; MFA 9719/2017; MFA 9720/2017; MACT Bengaluru; HC-KAR DB; CNR KAHC010487182017.
What did the court decide?
Despite the matters being called out twice, no one appeared for the appellant at the time of calling out the cases; accordingly, both appeals (MFA No.9719/2017 and MFA No.9720/2017) are dismissed for non-prosecution, with no substantive issue examined by the Court.