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Allahabad High Court

SMT.KATORI DEVI @ BHAGWAN DEVI DECEASED AND ANOTHERversusM/S JAIN TRANSPORT CORP. AND ANOTHER

Decided

Holding

The appeal is dismissed for want of prosecution.

Summary

Smt. Katori Devi (deceased) and another appealed against an order defective No. 58 of 2013 passed against M/s Jain Transport Corp. and another. The appeal was listed but no party appeared before the court. Consequently, the High Court dismissed the appeal for want of prosecution and vacated any interim order that might have been in force.

Issues considered

  • What is the appropriate procedural outcome when an appeal is filed but the parties fail to appear for prosecution?

Subjects

  • appeal
  • want of prosecution
  • dismissal
  • interim order vacated
  • procedural law

Judgment

                                                 HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD
                                               FIRST APPEAL FROM ORDER DEFECTIVE No. - 58 of 2013


                                    Smt.Katori Devi @ Bhagwan Devi Deceased And
                                    Another                                                 .....Appellant(s)
                                                                       Versus

                                    M/S Jain Transport Corp. And Another
                                                                                           .....Respondent(s)

                                    Counsel for Appellant(s)           : Geetam Singh, Krishna Mohan Rai
                                    Counsel for Respondent(s)          :

                                    Court No. - 7
                                                          HON'BLE PIYUSH AGRAWAL, J.

                                    1. List is revised.

                                    2. Nobody is present.

                                    3. The case is dismissed for want of prosecution.

                                    4. Interim order, if any, stands vacated.



                                                                                        (Piyush Agrawal,J.)
                                    March 19, 2026
                                    Abhishek Gupta




Digitally signed by :-
ABHISHEK GUPTA
High Court of Judicature at Allahabad


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