M/s National Insurance Company Limited v. Kaliammal
Case brief
What is this about?
Short single-purpose interlocutory order: the Madras High Court allowed a civil miscellaneous petition filed within C.M.A.(MD)No.692 of 2023, granting substituted service of notice to the first respondent by paper publication in a widely circulated English daily (Kerala State Edition), with a publication deadline of 23.03.2026 and next hearing on 02.04.2026. No statutes, precedents, or monetary amounts are discussed; counsel names are not disclosed.
What did the court decide?
Petition allowed: permission to effect substituted service on the first respondent by paper publication in an English Daily Newspaper having wide circulation in the locality, i.e., Kerala State Edition, indicating the next date of hearing as 02.04.2026; publication to be effected on or before 23.03.2026; matter posted to 02.04.2026. ¶6