- 1 - HC-KAR NC: 2025:KHC-D:16577 RSA No. 100239 of 2017 IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA,AT DHARWAD DATED THIS THE 27TH DAY OF NOVEMBER, 2025 BEFORE THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE C M JOSHI REGULAR SECOND APPEAL NO.100239 OF 2017 (MON) BETWEEN: ANANT S/O. MADHAVRAO @ MAHADEV KULKARNI, AGE: 62 YEARS, OCC. PRIVATE SERVICE, R/O. NO.228, RAVI NAGAR, GOKUL ROAD, HUBBALLI, TQ. HUBBALLI, DIST. DHARWAD-580030. …APPELLANT (BY SRI. ANJANEYA M., ADVOCATE) AND: SHAKUNTALA D/O. BALAJI KULKARNI, AGE: 53 YEARS, OCC. PRIVATE WORKS, R/O. THAGOR ROAD, GADAG, TQ. AND DIST. GADAG-591236. …RESPONDENT (BY SRI. H.N. GULARADDI, ADVOCATE) THIS RSA IS FILED UNDER SECTION 100 OF CPC, PRAYING TO SET ASIDE THE JUDGMENT AND DECREE DATED 16.12.2012 PASSED IN RA NO. 68/2016 BY THE LEARNED PRL. SENIOR JUDGE COURT AND CJM GADAG, BY CONFIRMING THE JUDGMENT AND DECREE PASSED IN O.S.NO.255/2014 BY THE LEARNED PRINCIPAL CIVIL JUDGE COURT, GADAG, IN THE INTEREST OF JUSTICE AND EQUITY. THIS APPEAL, COMING ON FOR DISMISSAL THIS DAY, JUDGMENT WAS DELIVERED THEREIN AS UNDER: YASHAVANT NARAYANKAR Digitally signed by YASHAVANT NARAYANKAR Date: 2025.11.28 10:40:02 +0530 - 2 - HC-KAR NC: 2025:KHC-D:16577 RSA No. 100239 of 2017 ORAL JUDGMENT (PER: THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE C M JOSHI) Learned counsel for the appellant submits that the appellant has died in 2021. Therefore, the appeal stands dismissed as abated. SD/- (C M JOSHI) JUDGE SSP CT:PA LIST NO.: 1 SL NO.: 34