Dismissed¶21
R.Kotteswaran v. C.Kanthi(died)
Madras HCSA/1326/2009
Case brief
AI extract
What is this about?
Madras High Court, SA No. 1326 of 2009, Mummineni Sudheer Kumar J., order dated 25-02-2026: second appeal dismissed for non-prosecution due to repeated absence of representation for appellants; appellant's counsel had withdrawn vakalat on 04.11.2025; death of second appellant noted since 18.09.2024 with no steps to implead legal representatives; no costs; connected applications closed. Useful on consequences of non-prosecution and failure to substitute legal representatives of a deceased appellant.
What did the court decide?
The court took the view that the appellants were no longer interested in prosecuting the matter and accordingly dismissed the second appeal for non-prosecution, with no costs; connected applications, if any, were directed to stand closed. ¶21