(1) If, in any suit, it shall appear to the Court that any party who has died during the pendency of the suit has no legal representative, the Court may, on the application of any party to the suit, proceed in the absence of a person representing the estate of the deceased person, or may by order appoint the Administrator-General, or an officer of the Court or such other person as it thinks fit to represent the estate of the deceased person for the purpose of the suit; and any judgment or order subsequently given or made in the suit shall bind the estate of the deceased person to the same extent as he would have been bound if a personal representative of the deceased person had been a party to the suit.
(2) Before making an order under this rule, the Court-
(a) may require notice of the application for, the order to be given to such (if any) of the persons having an interest in the estate of the deceased person as it thinks fit; and
(b) shall as certain that the person proposed to be appointed to represent the estate of the deceased person is willing to be so appointed and has no interest adverse to that of the deceased person.
Order 22 Rule 1 CPC No abatement by party's death if right to sue survives
Order 22 Rule 3 CPC Procedure in case of death of one of several plaintiffs or of sole plaintiff
Order 22 Rule 4 CPC Procedure in case of death of one of several defendants or of sole defendant
Order 22 Rule 4a CPC Procedure where there is no legal representative
Order 22 Rule 5 CPC Determination of question as to legal representative
Order 22 Rule 6 CPC No abatement by reason of death after hearing
Order 22 Rule 7 CPC Suit not abated by marriage of female party
Order 22 Rule 8 CPC Suit not abated by marriage of female party
Order 22 Rule 9 CPC Effect of abatement or dismissal
Order 22 Rule 10 CPC Procedure in case of assignment before final order in suit
Order 22 Rule 10A CPC Duty of pleader to communicate to Court death of a party