Supreme Court of India

Mahanth Satyanand @ Ramjee Singh v. Shyam Lal Chauhan and Others

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Reported as [2018] 2 S.C.R. 521
Bench N. V. Ramana and S. Abdul Nazeer JJ.
Decided 8 February 2018

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What the Court ordered

In view of the foregoing reasons, we set aside the order of the High Court and remit the matter back to the High Court for determining the issue as per the provisions of Order 22 Rule.

Judgment, page 8

From the headnote

Code of Civil Procedure, 1908: O.XXII, r.5 – Impleadment of legal representative in pending appeal – High Court allowing impleadment applications preferred by rival contend ers entitling both the contenders to raise their respective argumen ts in subject matter of suit without determining as to who is the actual legal representative of the deceased – Propriety of – Hel d: When a question arises before the Court in a pending matter as to w ho will come on record as the legal heir of the deceased, the Court shall, before proceeding to decide with the substantive issues i nvolved in the case,

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