Supreme Court of India
Melepurath Sankunni Ezhuthassan v. Thekittil Gopalankutty Nair
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What the Court ordered
For the above reasons, the Appeal is dismissed as having abated.
Judgment, page 7
From the headnote
Abatement of Appeal - Maxim "Actio Fersonalis lloritur cum persona" ( personal action dies with the person), applicability of - Right to sue/prosecute appeal whether survives. on the death of the appellant in an appeal ar.ising out of a defamation case - Right to be represented by Legal Representatives, application c maintainability. of - Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 Order XXII Rules 1 and 11 read with section 306 of the Indian Succession Act, 1925 and Order XV Rules 32 and 33 of the Supreme Court Rules, 1966. · The appellant filed a suit in the Court of the Subordinate Judge, Ottappalam
Where later benches applied it
- 2026 Kumud Lall v. Suresh Chandra Roy (dead) Thr Lrs
- 2016 Subramanian Swamy v. Union of India, Ministry of Law & Ors.
- 1988 M.veerappa v. Evelyn Sequeira & Ors.
Of those, 2 referred to · 1 mentioned
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