Law: Civil Procedure Code (V of 1908)

Section: O. XXII, r. 9

(a) Civil Procedure Code (V of 1908), O. XXII, r. 9---Order setting aside abatement-Letters Patent Appeal competent-Letters Patent (Lahore), Cl. 10-[T. V. Tuljaram Row v. M. K. R. V. Alagappa Cbettiar I L R 35 Mad. 1; Ruldu Singh v. Sanwal Singh I L R 3 Lah. 188 ; Firm Sbaw Hari Dial & Sons v. M/s Sohenmal Beli Ram A I R 1942 Lah. 95 ; Shakoor Hasham Patel v. Muhammad Husain Shakoor P L D 1957 Kar. 435 and Fida Hussain v. M/s. Queensland Insurance Co., Ltd. P L D 1959 Kar. 216 ref. Saleh Muhammad Haji Haroon Kably v. Muhammad Tahir Jaffrani A I R 1958 Bom. 210 considered].   Sind Chief Court (Original Side) Rules, r. 57---Objection to form of affidavit-Taken for first time in arguments-Rejected as "too late" (Delay).   Civil Procedure Code (V of 1908), O. XXII, r. 9---Sufficient cause-Knowledge of death of defendant in suit reaching counsel in connection with "another" suit-No presumption that counsel's knowledge is knowledge of his client in suit-Civil Procedure Code (V of 1908), O. ill, r. 5-Evidence Act (I of 1872), S. 4 [Punjab Province v. Sultan Khan and others P L D 1959 Lah. 500 ; Abdul Shakoor v. M/s. K. B. H. M. Habibullah & Company P L D 1960 Kar. 417 ; Muhammad Jahankhan Chandio v. Muhammad Murad and others P L D 1958 Kar. 229 and Jugal Kishore Acharyya and others v. Kapil Chandra Acharyya A I R 1934 Pat. 592 considered.]   Limitation Act (IX of 1908), S. 5---Condonation of delay Sufficient cause-Inference from facts proved-Letters Patent Appeal Bench will to slow to interfere in decision of Single Judge condoning delay-[Hanuman Das v. Pirthvi Nath and others A I R 1956 All. 677 ref.].   Limitation Act (IX of 1908), S. 5---Condonation of delay-- Application granted where delay was unintentional, but party responsible for delay ordered to pay costs to opposite-party to "compensate" for same-Civil Procedure Code (V of 1908), O. XXII, r. 9. JUDGMENT   INAMULLAH, J.-This is a Letters Patent Appeal against an order under Order XXII, rule 9, C. P. C., of our learned brother Qadiruddin Ahmad, J. setting aside the abatement of the suit on the death of Mst. Khadijabai. The facts giving rise to…