Indian Institute of Management, Amritsar v. Munish Gaind and Anr.
Case brief
What is this about?
Keywords: dismissal for non-prosecution; non-appearance of appellants/counsel; five-year pendency; repeated adjournments; loss of interest in pursuing remedy. Cases: CM-8489-LPA-2025 in/and LPA-232-2021 (O&M); connected LPA-247-2021, LPA-257-2021, LPA-260-2021, LPA-261-2021, LPA-262-2021, LPA-273-2021 (all O&M). Parties: Indian Institute of Management, Amritsar / Nodal Officer (appellants) v. Munish Gaind, Raghu Raj, Lalit Bhalla, Amit Gaind, Resham Singh, Parvesh Bhalla and others, Sarbjeet Singh and another (respondents). Court: High Court of Punjab and Haryana at Chandigarh; Bench: Harsimran Singh Sethi and Amarinder Singh Grewal JJ.; decision 07-07-2026; civil miscellaneous application disposed; not reportable.
What did the court decide?
Prima facie, the appellant(s) must have lost interest in pursuing the present remedy, the appeals having been pending five years and adjourned time and again with no appearance on earlier dates.