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Section 78. Dismissal of suits and cases in the absence of the party concerned
THE UNITED PROVINCES PANCHAYAT RAJ ACT, 1947
Act no. 26 of 19471947RepealedUttarakhand (State Act)
This Act was repealed on a date we do not have by the Uttarakhand Panchayati Raj Act, 2016 (Uttarakhand Act 11 of 2016), s.194(1); it may still apply to matters that began before then.
78- [(1) If the plaintiff or the complainant, as the case may he, fails to appear after having been informed of the time and place fixed for hearing, the Nyaya Panchayat may dismiss the case or pass such other order as it may deem fit.]3 (2) The Nyaya Panchayat may hear and decide [a civil or criminal case, in the absence of the defendant or the accused as the case may be]4 if the summons have been served upon him or if he has been informed of the time and place fixed for hearing.