In Brief
This judgment addressed procedural issues in complex civil appeals arising from a property dispute. The Supreme Court, invoking Article 142, granted several directions: allowing substitution of legal representatives who had died and permitting service on their counsel to be treated as valid service; directing both parties to translate all exhibits and oral evidence into English within firm time-frames (12 weeks for exhibits, 10 weeks for oral evidence) to ensure fair hearing; and allowing deletions of respondents and paper publication to trace un-served parties. The Court was guided by the principle of doing complete justice despite procedural gaps."
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