Allahabad High Court
SMT. LAXMI DEVIversusPERSON and PROPERTY OF SRI ANANT RAGHUNATH S. BUDDHEY and ORS.
- Decided
- Disposal
- Dismiss other than merit(DD/Non Prosec./Abated)
- Bench
- PRASHANT KUMAR
Holding
The appeal is dismissed for want of prosecution.
Summary
The appellant, Smt. Laxmi Devi, filed a first appeal before the Allahabad High Court against an order dated 2018. The respondents were the person and property of Sri Anant Raghunath S. Buddhey and others. No counsel or party appeared on behalf of the appellant to argue the appeal, and no request for adjournment was made. The court noted the absence of prosecution and, under procedural rules, dismissed the appeal for want of prosecution. The judgment was delivered by Justice Prashant Kumar on 5 January 2026.
Issues considered
- What is the appropriate procedural consequence when an appellant fails to appear or prosecute an appeal before the High Court?
Subjects
- appeal dismissed
- want of prosecution
- procedural law
- civil procedure
- high court
Judgment
HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD
LUCKNOW
FIRST APPEAL FROM ORDER No. - 423 of 2018
Smt. Laxmi Devi
.....Appellant(s)
Versus
Person And Property Of Sri Anant Raghunath S.
Buddhey And Ors. .....Respondent(s)
Counsel for Appellant(s) : Sadhu Saran Shukla, Sikandar
Zulqarnain Khan
Counsel for Respondent(s) : Madhu Srivastava
Court No. - 20
HON'BLE PRASHANT KUMAR, J.
1. Case called out in the revised call.
2. No one appeared on behalf of the appellant(s) to press this appeal nor
there is any request to adjourn or pass over the case.
3. Accordingly, the appeal is dismissed for want of prosecution.
(Prashant Kumar,J.)
January 5, 2026
Anupam S/-
Digitally signed by :-
ANUPAM SINGH PATEL
High Court of Judicature at Allahabad,
Lucknow Bench
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