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Allahabad High Court

SMT INDRA DEVIversusSENIOR DIVISIONAL MANAGER INDIA LIFE INSURANCE CORPORATION

Decided

Holding

The appeal is dismissed for want of prosecution.

Summary

The appellant, Smt. Indra Devi, filed a second appeal (Defective No. 347 of 2021) against Senior Divisional Manager of India Life Insurance Corporation. The appeal was listed before the High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, but no counsel appeared on behalf of the appellant to press the appeal. The respondent, represented by counsel Mohan Srivastava, was present. The court noted the absence of the appellant’s representation and observed that the appeal had not been prosecuted. Consequently, the bench dismissed the appeal for want of prosecution, without addressing any substantive merits of the dispute.

Issues considered

  • Whether the appeal should be dismissed for want of prosecution due to the appellant's failure to appear or prosecute the case

Subjects

  • appeal
  • want of prosecution
  • procedural dismissal
  • insurance
  • civil procedure

Judgment

                                              HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD
                                                     SECOND APPEAL DEFECTIVE No. - 347 of 2021

                                    Smt Indra Devi
                                                                                                .....Appellant(s)
                                                                      Versus

                                    Senior Divisional Manager India Life Insurance
                                    Corporation                                                .....Respondent(s)

                                    Counsel for Appellant(s)        : Navin Kumar Srivastava, Sunil Kumar
                                    Counsel for Respondent(s)       : Mohan Srivastava

                                    Court No. - 34
                                                       HON'BLE VIKRAM D. CHAUHAN, J.

                                    List has been revised. No one appears on behalf of the appellant to press
                                    this appeal.

                                    Sri Mohan Srivastava, learned counsel for the respondents is present.

                                    The present appeal is dismissed for want of prosecution.



                                                                                     (Vikram D. Chauhan,J.)
                                    March 19, 2026
                                    Bhaskar




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BHASKAR
High Court of Judicature at Allahabad


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