Dismissed¶¶25
B.Meganathan v. N.Punithavathi
Madras HCAS(MD)/9/2020
Case brief
AI extract
What is this about?
Abatement of appeal; death of appellants during appeal; failure to bring legal heirs of deceased appellants on record; no instructions from legal heirs; Section 96 CPC first appeal; A.S.(MD)No.9 of 2020; challenge to judgment and decree dated 29.03.2016 in O.S.No.1 of 2014, II Additional District and Sessions Judge, Thanjavur; dismissed as abated; no costs; fourth respondent ex parte; Madurai Bench of Madras High Court.
What did the court decide?
On perusal of the records, the Court recorded that both the appellants had passed away in the year 2022 and that the case had been pending for the past four years for taking steps in respect of the deceased appellants. ¶¶23