Murari Lal v. Durgaish & Ors.
Punjab & Haryana High Court at Chandigarh – FAO-4101-2003 (O&M)
Case brief
What is this about?
Default dismissal for non-prosecution of first appeal FAO-4101-2003 (O&M), Murari Lal v. Durgaish @ Durbaish and others, High Court of Punjab and Haryana (Deepak Gupta, J.), 03.11.2025; appellant absent, respondent No.3 represented by Vijay Kumar Garg through VC; no findings on merits — cite only as an instance of dismissal in default, not for any substantive proposition.
What did the court decide?
The appeal is dismissed in default for non-prosecution: none appeared for the appellant even though his counsel (through whom the appeal was filed) had been intimated by email as per the Registry's report, and the Court observed that the appellant appears no longer interested in pursuing the appeal. ¶¶12