Harendra Singh v. Birendra Pandey
Case brief
What is this about?
Keywords: dismissal of first appeal for default; non-prosecution; appellants and counsel absent on repeated calls; Order XLI Rule 17 CPC; Patna High Court; FIRST APPEAL No.209 of 2010; decided 10-02-2026 by Justice Ramesh Chand Malviya; no merits adjudication; relevant only on procedural consequences of appellant absence in appeals.
What did the court decide?
The Court recorded that the appeal is of the year 2010 and that the appellants had been absent on several dates and, even on the day of the order, nobody appeared on their behalf on repeated calls. ¶¶21