mpt IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE OF BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CIVIL APPLICATION NO. 1852 of 2008 IN FIRST APPEAL NO.ST.NO.13805 of 2008 State of Maharashtra .. Applicant versus Bapu S. Pawar D/H Rukmini K. Pawar and others .. Respondents ... Ms.S.P. Manchekar AGP for the appellant Mr.G.K. Maurya for the respondent. CORAM : D.G. KARNIK, J DATED : 10th November 2008 P.C.: 1. This application is made by the applicant for bringing on record the heirs of the deceased respondent. Respondent no.1 Bapu has died on 16th January 1997. Appeal has been filed on 9th April 2001. This shows that the respondent had died even before the filing of the appeal and the appeal was filed against a dead person. Appeal against a dead person is nullity. Heirs of a deceased cannot be brought on record in an appeal filed against the dead person. In the circumstances, the civil application is rejected. (D.G. KARNIK, J)