Ganeshprasad Badrinarayan Lahoti (D) ... vs Sanjeevprasad Jamnaprasad Chourasiya ...

The Supreme Court upheld the High Court's dismissal of the appeal regarding the abatement of a civil appeal following the death of the original defendant, Ganesh Prasad, under Order XXII, Rule 11 of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908. The Court established that the failure to substitute the legal representatives within the stipulated time frame resulted in the appeal being abated, and the subsequent applications for substitution and setting aside abatement were barred by res judicata. The Court affirmed the lower courts' decisions, emphasizing the importance of adhering to procedural timelines in civil litigation.