Supreme Court of India
Shivshankara & Anr v. H.P. Vedavyasa Char
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What the Court ordered
In view of the aforesaid decisions and the factual posit ion obtained in this case, in our opinion, the decisions sought to be relied on by the appellants are really of no assistance.
Judgment, page 28
From the headnote
Abatement: Abatement of suit – Non-joinder of neces sary parties – Non-impleadment of all other legal heirs of deceased defendant – Effect of – Held: In the event of death of one of the defendants, when the estate/interest was being fully and subst antially represented in the suit jointly by the other defendan ts along with deceased defendant and when they are also his legal representa tives, by reason of non-impleadment of all other legal heirs conse quential to the death of the said defendant, the suit would not abate – Such suit not bad for non-joinder of necessary parties o f all his
Authorities it was built on
- 2012 Union of India v. Ibrahim Uddin & Anr.
- 2013 Thomson Press (india) Ltd. v. Nanak Builders & Investors P. Ltd. & Ors.
- 2000 United Bank of India, Calcutta v. Abhijit Tea Co. Pvt. Ltd. and Ors.
- 1978 Syed Abdul Khader v. Rami Reddy & Ors.
- 2007 Mohd. Yaseen v. State of U.P.
- 1981 Hasmat Raj & Anr. v. Raghunath Prasad
- 2015 Government of Andhra Pradesh Thr. Principal Secretary and Others v. Pratap Karan and Others
- 1986 Duggi Veera Venkata Gopala Satyanarayana v. Sakala Veera Raghavaiah & Anr.
- 2006 Dudhganga Vikas Sewa Santha Maryadit v. Distt. Collector-kolhapur and Ors.
- 2011 Gayathri Women Welfare Association v. Gowramma and Anr.
Where later benches applied it
- 2024 Chander Bhan (d) through Lr Sher Singh v. Mukhtiar Singh & Ors.
- 2026 Kishorilal (d) Thr. L.rs v. Gopal
- 2025 Nabha Power Limited v. Punjab State Power Corporation Limited and Others
Of those, 1 relied on · 2 referred to
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