M.Kannan v. Roman Catholic Mission
Case brief
What is this about?
Substituted service; paper publication; Order V Rule 20 CPC; summons/service of notice on absconding or untraceable respondents (respondents 3 and 5: Umarani and Aarthy); Civil Miscellaneous Petition in Appeal Suit AS(MD) No. 95 of 2023; Madurai Bench, Madras High Court; single judge (P.Vadamalai J); petition allowed on satisfaction with affidavit reasons.
What did the court decide?
Substituted service on respondents 3 and 5 by way of paper publication in a Tamil daily circulating in the locality where the respondents reside. ¶29