M Babulal v. Sri K N Ravishankar
Case brief
What is this about?
Keywords: Article 227 writ petition; Order 6 Rule 17 CPC; amendment application; IA No.IV; O.S.No.249/2018; I Additional Senior Civil Judge and CJM Mysuru; Annexure-A; Annexure-D; dismissal in default; non-prosecution; petitioner and advocate absent; preliminary hearing; GM-CPC; Karnataka High Court at Bengaluru; Justice Tara Vitasta Ganju; decided 07.01.2026. Caution for citers: purely procedural default dismissal — no ruling on amendment of pleadings or on the validity of the trial-court order; negligible precedential value.
What did the court decide?
As none appeared for the petitioner on the date of the preliminary hearing or on the preceding date, the writ petition was dismissed in default and for non-prosecution; the challenge to the order dated 25.01.2022 was not adjudicated on merits. ¶¶23