Dhubei Patel v. Lochan Patel
Case brief
What is this about?
Short disposal order of the High Court of Orissa at Cuttack dated 19.09.2025 in S.A.O. No.35 of 2005, Dhubei Patel (appellant, represented by Sr. Advocate S.D. Das) versus Lochan Patel & others (represented by S. Pattanaik). The appeal was disposed of as abated because the sole appellant died during its pendency and his legal representatives were not substituted for want of instruction. Decided by Justice R.K. Pattanaik. No statute, precedent, monetary amount or impugned-order details appear in the text.
What did the court decide?
Taking note of the Senior Advocate's submission that no instruction had been received to substitute the legal representatives of the sole appellant, who died in the meantime, the Court held that the appeal stands disposed of as abated. ¶16