https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=218151 Order XVI Rules 8 and 9 of the Supreme Court Rules, 1966 apply only where the respondent was alive when the Special Leave Petition was filed and later dies or changes status. If the respondent was already deceased on the filing date, substitution is not the proper course; the petitioner must seek amendment of the Special Leave Petition to bring the legal representatives on record. Where that request is time-barred, an accompanying application under Section 5 of the Limitation Act, 1963 for condonation of delay is required and must be satisfactorily explained. The substitution request was treated as an amendment application, delay was condoned, and the applications were allowed. en-us Fri, 02 Nov 2012 00:00:00 +0530 Mon, 05 Nov 2012 10:33:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=218151 Order XVI Rules 8 and 9 of the Supreme Court Rules, 1966 apply only where the respondent was alive when the Special Leave Petition was filed and later dies or changes status. If the respondent was already deceased on the filing date, substitution is not the proper course; the petitioner must seek amendment of the Special Leave Petition to bring the legal representatives on record. Where that request is time-barred, an accompanying application under Section 5 of the Limitation Act, 1963 for condonation of delay is required and must be satisfactorily explained. The substitution request was treated as an amendment application, delay was condoned, and the applications were allowed. Case-Laws Indian Laws Fri, 02 Nov 2012 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=218151