can we bring LR's of the deceased defendant?

yes dear friend,unless the cause of action stopped

Yes Mr.Murthy, LR's could become a party to the suit.

Citation may not be required as this is only Gereal practice of law just defedants to produce death certificate of dease person by filing I.A..

Regards

Basavaraj.R

Thank u very much you sir,

some one told me that there is a citation that in injunction suit the plaintiff can not bring the LR's of the Deceased defendent,. becase, of plaintiff only seeking the injuction against the defendent not to his LR's, hence i discuse with this forum. ......... if i got that citation i ll send to you also. thanks for replying.....

if i'll have any doubts i 'll touch with you

teach me and treat with me  as your junior

Ramachandra  vs  Laxmana Rao  AIR 2000 Kant 298, ILR 2000 KAR 2341, :- Section 146 of the CPC. This provision reads: "146. Proceedings by or against representatives.--Save as otherwise provided by this Code or by any law for the time being in force, where any proceeding may be taken or application made by or against any person, then the proceeding may be taken or the application may be made by or against any person claiming under him". On an analytical reading of Section 146, one legal position which clearly emerges is that where any legal proceeding may be taken or an application for a legal proceeding may be made by or against any person, then, that proceeding may also be taken or application for the same may be made by or against any persons claiming under him. This provision deals with legal proceedings by or against representatives of the parties to a dispute or to a decree or final order of any competent Court. Its operation is general in nature, except that it is circumscribed by the beginning saving clause "save as otherwise provided by this Code or any law for the time being in force".

The Supreme Court in the case of Jugalkishore Saraf v Raw Cotton Company Limited,  AIR 1955 SC 376 has, in regard to the curtailing effect of this saving clause on the scope of Section 146, said: "The effect of the expression "save as otherwise provided in this Code" contained in Section 146 is that a person cannot make an application under Section 146 if other provisions of the Code are applicable to it".

Karnataka High  Court has held in Hajaresab -v.- Udachappa, since deceased by his L.Rs., and others. ILR 1984 KAR 900 " Therefore, under these circumstances, what emerges is that though the decree for injunction does not run with the land, still under Section 50 of the Code of Civil Procedure, the legal representatives of the deceased defendant, against whom the decree for injunction is passed, would be liable for violation of that decree. However, their liability, as held in Sakarlal's Case, would be limited to the attachment of the property of the deceased, which has come to their hands. The other penalty imposed by Order 21 Rule 32 of the Code of Civil Procedure, by arrest and detention in Civil prison cannot be enforced in the case of the legal representatives at all."

Nobody has replied the query accurately. The citation by Ld. friend Shridharababu are also not very clear on the point. The question is simple whether the LRs can be joined in an injunction case. It would be very interesting to discuss this point at length in this forum.

yes

Hi,

If the cause of action for the suit survives, then obviously the legal heirs/representatives of the deceased defendant can be added as parties to the proceedings.

L. Vinoba,

Advocate,

Pondicherry.

i agree