The Chairman, Bihar State Electricity Board v. Gorakh Nath Singh
Case brief
What is this about?
Patna High Court; Second Appeal 225 of 1995; Bihar State Electricity Board officials (Chairman, Secretary, General Manager-cum-Chief Engineer) v Gorakh Nath Singh; appeal dismissed for default; Order XLI Rule 17 Code of Civil Procedure; non-appearance of appellants' counsel on 17.01.2025, 16.09.2025, 04.12.2025 and on 09.02.2026 despite repeated calls; decided 09-02-2026 by Justice Ramesh Chand Malviya (oral order); procedural dismissal only, no merits decided, no citation-worthy proposition of law.
What did the court decide?
This 1995 second appeal is dismissed for default under Order XLI Rule 17 of the Code of Civil Procedure, because nobody appeared for the appellants on several listed dates (17.01.2025, 16.09.2025, 04.12.2025) and again despite repeated calls on the date of the order. ¶15