Upendra Manjhi v. Lalan Manjhi
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What is this about?
Patna High Court, C.Misc. No.813 of 2019, decided 13-02-2024 by Arun Kumar Jha, J. Petitioner Upendra Manjhi versus twelve respondents (Lalan Manjhi, Amar Manjhi, Most. Gharbharni Kuer, Sanjay Manjhi, Most Rajni Manjhi, Rameshwar Manjh, Ram Pravesh Manjhi, Radei Manjhi, Indal Manjhi, Rudal Manjhi, Pathal Manjhi and Baleshar Manjhi), all of Village Padeji, P.S. Andar, District Siwan. Petition dismissed solely for procedural non-compliance: despite a last-indulgence direction in the order dated 11.01.2024 (following an unmet requirement of a Coordinate Bench order dated 06.10.2023) to file within four weeks a substitution petition for respondent nos. 1 and 3 and a jointness affidavit for respondent nos. 2, 4, 5, 7 and 8, the Office reported that nothing had been filed. Keywords: substitution petition; jointness affidavit; non-compliance; dismissal for default; Patna High Court; Siwan.