Samiyalam Rowther (Died on 23.03.2015), 1.J.Ameena Bheevi v. S.S.Jeyaraman (Died on 21.01.2025), 2.Ananth
Case brief
What is this about?
Short interlocutory order (not a reasoned judgment): condonation of 178 days' delay, setting aside of abatement of second appeal caused by death of the first respondent, and impleading of legal representatives 8 to 13 in S.A.(MD)No.84 of 2020, via C.M.P.(MD) Nos.20348, 20350 and 20351 of 2025; Registry directed to amend main papers. Keywords: condonation of delay; abatement; death of respondent pending appeal; legal representatives; impleading; second appeal; CMP; Madras High Court Madurai Bench; K. Murali Shankar, J.; dated 08.01.2026. No statute or precedent is cited and no substantive legal proposition is laid down; limited value as precedent, useful only to show routine exercise of discretion on pleaded reasons.
What did the court decide?
Delay of 178 days condoned; abatement caused by the death of the first respondent set aside; respondents 8 to 13 brought on record and ranked as respondents 8 to 13 in the appeal as legal representatives of the deceased first respondent; Registry directed to carry out necessary amendments in the main papers.