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HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD FIRST APPEAL No. - 563 of 1986 Court No. - 35 HON'BLE SANDEEP JAIN, J.
Order on Civil Misc. Delay Condonation and Substitution Application Nos.7 of 2025 and 8 of 2025
Learned counsel for the appellant is present. He has filed a substitution application in the Court for incorporating the fact that respondent no.2/1, Smt. Santosh has died on 01.03.2020 leaving behind her son Mukesh, who has already been arrayed as respondent no.2/2 in the instant appeal. The substitution application further discloses that another son of the deceased-respondent, Smt. Santosh, namely Arvind @ Sonu, respondent no.2/3, who was unmarried, died issue-less on 06.01.2013. An affidavit in support of the substitution application along with death certificate of Smt. Santosh has also been filed.
Learned counsel submitted that since the appellant had no knowledge about the death of the above respondent, as such, the substitution application could not be moved within time. The cause shown for moving the subsitution application with delay is sufficient. Accordingly, the delay in moving the substitutioin application is condoned. Versus Counsel for Appellant(s) : Ramendra Asthana, Ramendra Asthana Counsel for Respondent(s) : , Akhilesh Kumar Pandey Ashok Kumar .....Appellant(s) Tejveer Singh And Others .....Respondent(s)
The delay condonation and substitution applications are allowed.
Learned counsel for the appellant is directed to amend the memo of appeal. The record of the trial court has been received. List on 08.10.2025 in top ten cases. September 9, 2025 Mayank FAPL No. 563 of 1986 2 (Sandeep Jain,J.) Digitally signed by :- MAYANK KUMAR SHARMA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad