Narayana Chettiar And Anr. vs P.C. Muthu Chettiar And Ors. on 5 March, 1926
as supporting the view taken by it. In Debi Bakhsh Singh v. Habab Shah 19 Ind. Cas. 526 : 35 A. 331 : 17 C.W.N. 829 : 11 A.L.J. 625 : 18 C.L.J. 9 : 15 Bom. L.R. 640 : 14 M.L.T. 33 : (1913) M.W.N. 566 : 25 M.L.J. 148 : 16 O.C. 194 : 401. A. 151 (P.C.) the plaintiff was dead and the Court not being aware of his death dismissed the suit for the non-appearance of the plaintiff. The Privy Council held that the dismissal was an abuse of the process of the Court. Their Lordships observe at page 337: