https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=272580 Procedural rules should advance justice rather than defeat it, and a lapse in complying with substitution requirements may be overlooked where necessary to avoid miscarriage of justice. In a partition suit, the deceased respondent's heirs sought impleadment, and the Court treated the delay and negligence in moving the substitution application as not decisive in the circumstances. The abatement was set aside, the delay was condoned, and the legal representatives were directed to be brought on record so the appeal could be decided on merits. en-us Thu, 03 Feb 1983 00:00:00 +0530 Tue, 08 May 2018 18:15:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=272580 Procedural rules should advance justice rather than defeat it, and a lapse in complying with substitution requirements may be overlooked where necessary to avoid miscarriage of justice. In a partition suit, the deceased respondent's heirs sought impleadment, and the Court treated the delay and negligence in moving the substitution application as not decisive in the circumstances. The abatement was set aside, the delay was condoned, and the legal representatives were directed to be brought on record so the appeal could be decided on merits. Case-Laws Indian Laws Thu, 03 Feb 1983 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=272580