Ramappa v. H.M.Basappa
Case brief
What is this about?
Keywords: Karnataka High Court Bengaluru; NC: 2026:KHC:30171; RSA No. 1895 of 2021 (INJ); Section 100 CPC; regular second appeal dismissed as abated; legal representatives not brought on record; abatement not set aside; delay condonation refused (410-day post-death delay; 511-day filing delay; IA Nos. 1-4/2023); death of sole appellant extinguished personal remedy; counsel absent; trial court O.S.No.183/2014 (Principal Civil Judge and JMFC, Harihar, decree 08.09.2017); first appeal R.A.No.80/2017 (Senior Civil Judge and JMFC, Harihar, decree 28.06.2018); parties Ramappa v. H.M. Basappa and 19 respondents of Lakshtahalli/Banuvalli, Tq. Harihar, Dist. Davanagere; single-judge coram Justice V Srishananda; decided 18 June 2026.
What did the court decide?
In the absence of the counsel for the appellant, the suit had been dismissed and the dismissal confirmed in the first appellate Court; with the appellant's death, his personal remedy was lost.