A.G.Gopal Reddy v. M.Gopal Reddy
Case brief
What is this about?
Condonation of delay 96 days; setting aside abatement; impleading legal representatives/legal heirs of deceased appellant; Section 5 Limitation Act 1963; Order XXII Rule 9 CPC; Order XXII Rule 3 CPC; S.A.No.1225 of 2003; N. Kuruvi Reddy; Rathinamma; G. Yasodha; G. Murali Reddy; G. Nagi Reddy; A.G. Gopal Reddy; M. Gopal Reddy; High Court of Madras; R. Sakthivel J.; 11-06-2026; CMP Nos. 4188, 4183 & 4177 of 2019; second appeal; abatement on death of appellant.
What did the court decide?
All three CMPs allowed: delay of 96 days condoned; abatement caused by the death of the 9th appellant (N.Kuruvi Reddy) set aside; proposed appellants 10 to 13 (Rathinamma, G.Yasodha, G.Murali Reddy, G.Nagi Reddy) brought on record as legal representatives of the deceased 9th appellant and ranked as appellants 10 to 13 in S.A.No.1225 of 2003; Registry directed to amend the Memorandum of Grounds of Appeal.