Supreme Court of India

Desa Singh v. Ajit Singh and Ors.

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Reported as [2006] SUPP. 10 S.C.R. 475
Bench Dr. Arijit Pasa Vat and S.H. Kapadia JJ.
Decided 8 December 2006

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Practice and procedure-Non-appearance on behalf of appellant in second appeal for reasons beyond their control-Decision on merits by High Court against appellant-Correctness of-Held: High Court ought to have c dismissed the matter for default-Thus, order of High Court set aside and matter remitted back. The question which arose for consideration in this appeal was whether in second appeal when there was non appearance on behalf of appellant due to unforeseen circumstances, High Court was right in proceeding to decide the matter on merits. Disposing of the appeal, the Court HELD: When the

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