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Binod Pathak & Ors. v. Shankar Choudhary & Ors.

Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 – Or.XXII rr.4(3), 10A – Duty of pleader to communicate to court death of a party

Partly allowed
Court
Supreme Court of India
Decided
14 Jul 2025
Citation
[2025] 8 S.C.R. 103
Case no.
CIVIL APPEAL No. 7706/2025
Bench
J.b. Pardiwala, R Mahadevan

Issue for consideration

Matter pertains to the correctness of the order passed by the High Court that as some of the defendants before the first appellate court had passed away and their legal heirs were not brought on record in accordance with the provisions of Or.XXII r.4 CPC, the first first appeal on merits and decided the same in favour of the plaintiffs as it already stood abated.

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