https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=185822 Where a defendant is sued in a representative capacity and the dispute concerns management and possession of property attached to that office, the relevant question is devolution of interest during the proceeding. Order 22, Rule 10 of the Code of Civil Procedure applies to such devolution and is not confined to death-based substitution. A successor mahant elected after the incumbent's death could therefore be brought on record under Rule 10, and the proceeding did not abate merely because the successor was not impleaded within the limitation period for legal representatives under Rules 3 or 4. en-us Thu, 28 Aug 1975 00:00:00 +0530 Mon, 29 Aug 2016 17:51:29 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=185822 Where a defendant is sued in a representative capacity and the dispute concerns management and possession of property attached to that office, the relevant question is devolution of interest during the proceeding. Order 22, Rule 10 of the Code of Civil Procedure applies to such devolution and is not confined to death-based substitution. A successor mahant elected after the incumbent's death could therefore be brought on record under Rule 10, and the proceeding did not abate merely because the successor was not impleaded within the limitation period for legal representatives under Rules 3 or 4. Case-Laws Indian Laws Thu, 28 Aug 1975 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=185822