ARENDEVI A/P KRISHNAN v 1. ) MARIYAMMAL A/P KUMARAN 2. ) Mariyammal A/p Kumaran (Membawa Tindakan Sebagai Wakil Litigasi Kepada Gunasegaran A/l Sannassy) 3. ) SYARIKAT PERUSAHAAN BATU TUJUH
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Civil Procedure — Parties — Death of defendant — Application for substitution — Ex parte application — Whether proceedings abate upon death of defendant — Whether substitution permissible — Whether applicant may be substituted as representative of estate — Order 15 rule 7 Rules of Court 2012. Civil Procedure — Parties — Devolution of interest or liability — Substitution of party — Death of litigant — Cause of action surviving — Court’s power to order proceedings to continue against representative of deceased — Order 15 rule 7(1) & (2) Rules of Court 2012. Civil Procedure — Ex parte application — Scope of relief — Court’s duty to scrutinise affidavit evidence — Whether relief may be granted affecting another party — Requirement that relief fall strictly within scope of rule invoked. Civil Procedure — Parties — Business entity — Whether business owned by deceased constitutes sole proprietorship — Absence of documentary proof of legal status of business — Whether substitution under Order 15 rule 7 applicable to business entity. Civil Procedure — Pleadings — Amendment — Consequential amendment following substitution of deceased party — Whether leave to amend should be limited to amendments necessary to reflect substitution. Civil Procedure — Ex parte orders — Safeguards — Requirement of service of order on other parties — Liberty to apply to discharge or vary order within fourteen days — Order 15 rule 7(4) & (5) Rules of Court 2012.
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