Sharda Devi v. Bishan Sarup
Case brief
What is this about?
Practice-point case: dismissal of a Regular Second Appeal (RSA) for non-prosecution where no counsel appears for a considerable period and key parties (appellant No.1; respondents No.1,2,5,10,11) are reported dead; revival left open to legal representatives subject to limitation on showing sufficient cause; pending applications disposed of. Keywords: non-prosecution; dismissal of appeal; revival of appeal; limitation; legal representatives; death/expiry of parties; no appearance; oral order; Punjab and Haryana High Court; Amarinder Singh Grewal. No substantive statutory or precedent discussion; marked non-reportable.
What did the court decide?
Appeal dismissed for non-prosecution; liberty reserved to the legal representatives of the appellants to seek revival of the appeal, subject to limitation, upon showing sufficient cause; pending application(s), if any, disposed of.