Supreme Court of India

Gurcharan Singh v. Surjit Singh and Anr.

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Reported as [2012] 11 S.C.R. 459
Bench A.K. Patnaik J.
Decided 2 November 2012

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Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 - Order XX/I - Whether an application for substitution of a respondent who was dead when the Special Leave Petition was filed was maintainable, and if not, what is the remedy of the petitioner when he comes to learn that the respondent was actually dead when he filed the Special Leave Petition - Held: Where the respondent was dead when the Special Leave Petition was filed, the Court can, in the interest of justice, allow an application for amendment of the Special Leave Petition and condone the delay in filing such an application for amendment if the delay is

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