KISHORILAL (D) THR. LRS & ORS. versus GOPAL & ORS.

Issue for consideration

Whether F.A. No. 213 of 2000 abated on non-substitution of LRs of ‘M’ i.e., appellant 1(2), who was one of the LRs of deceased- judgment debtor ‘K’; whether the order of the High Court dtd.03.05.2013, holding that appellants No. 2 and 3 along with of ‘K’ in the appeal, would, by the principle of res judicata, bar a declaration that the appeal had abated; whether by allowing impleadment of the heirs and legal representatives of ‘M’ as proforma respondents in F. A. No. 213 of 2000, vide order dtd.03.05.2013, the