✦ Andhra Pradesh High Court · 06 Feb 2026

CENTRAL TOBACCO RESEARCH INSTITUTE (CTRI) v. A P PAPER MILLS LTD

RAVI NATH TILHARI, MAHESWARA RAO KUNCHEAM

Case at a glance

Decided
06 Feb 2026
Bench
RAVI NATH TILHARI, MAHESWARA RAO KUNCHEAM

Outcome

Dismissed

The Appeal Suit is dismissed for non-prosecution

Provisions considered

Key paragraphs

  • Para 55. The Appeal Suit is dismissed for non-prosecution. No order as to costs. As a sequel thereto, miscellaneous petitions, if any pending, shall also stand closed. ____________________ RAVI NATH TILHARI,J _____________________________ MAHESWARA RAO KUNCHEAM,J Dated: 06.02.2026 AG 181 THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE RAVI NATH TILHARI…

Judgment

Cause title

THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE RAVI NATH TILHARI THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE MAHESWARA RAO KUNCHEAM APPEAL SUIT NO: 86/2014 Between:

1. CENTRAL TOBACCO RESEARCH INSTITUTE (CTRI), REP. BY ITS DIRECTOR, BHASKAR NAGAR, RAJAHMUNDRY, E.G.DISTRICT. ...APPELLANT

AND

1. A P PAPER MILLS LTD, Rep. by its Managign Director, Sri RamNagar, Rajahmundry. ...RESPONDENT

aggrieved by the Judgement and decree passed in O.S.No.69 of 2006 on the file of Prl Dist Judge, Rajahmundry IA NO: 1 OF 2013(ASMP 2788 OF 2013 Petition under Section 151 CPC praying that in the circumstances stated in the affidavit filed in support of the petition, the High Court may be pleased condone the delay of 122 days in representing appeal IA NO: 2 OF 2013(ASMP 2789 OF 2013 Petition under Section 151 CPC praying that in the circumstances stated in the affidavit filed in support of the petition, the High Court may be pleased condone the delay of 60 days in filing appeal Counsel for the Appellant:

1. C VANI REDDY Counsel for the Respondent:

1. CH PUSHYAM KIRAN The Court made the following: THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE RAVI NATH TILHARI THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE MAHESWARA RAO KUNCHEAM APPEAL SUIT NO: 86/2014

JUDGMENT:

(per Hon’ble Sri Justice Maheswara Rao Kuncheam) The appellant/plaintiff filed O.S.No.69 of 2006 before the Court of the District Judge, Rajahmundry for recovery of damages along with interest, which was dismissed on merits vide orders dated 09.01.2013. Being aggrieved by the same, the instant appeal has been filed.

2.

On 10.07.2025, the following order was passed: “None appeared on either side. Post after four weeks in the weekly cause list.”

3.

Today also there is no representation on either side, even in the revised call.

4.

The appeal pertains to the year 2014 and it is listed in the weekly list.

Operative part

5.

The Appeal Suit is dismissed for non-prosecution. No order as to costs. As a sequel thereto, miscellaneous petitions, if any pending, shall also stand closed. ____________________ RAVI NATH TILHARI,J _____________________________ MAHESWARA RAO KUNCHEAM,J Dated: 06.02.2026 AG 181 THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE RAVI NATH TILHARI THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE MAHESWARA RAO KUNCHEAM APPEAL SUIT NO: 86/2014 Dated: 06.02.2026 AG

Questions this judgment answers

What did the Court decide in this case?

The Court recorded the following disposition: The Appeal Suit is dismissed for non-prosecution

Which statutory provisions did this judgment involve?

Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 — s. 151.

Which court decided this case, and when?

Andhra Pradesh High Court, on 06 Feb 2026. The bench was RAVI NATH TILHARI, MAHESWARA RAO KUNCHEAM.

Precedent status how later indexed judgments have treated this case

No known negative treatment found in the Courts & Cases corpus.

This is a result about the indexed corpus, not a finding that the judgment remains good law. Coverage may be incomplete.

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