MUHAMMAD SAEEDUR REHMAN And Others vs D.S.C. JHELUM And Other

This matter comes before the Supreme Court of Pakistan upon a show-cause notice issued to the appellants due to the death of their Advocate-on-Record, specifically addressing their failure to deposit the required security and to show cause why the appeal should not be dismissed for non-prosecution. No appearance was made on behalf of the appellants in response to the notice. The core legal question concerned the consequence of failing to comply with procedural requirements and directives of the court following the demise of the appellant's counsel. The court held that in the absence of any appearance or compliance in response to the show-cause notice, the appeal must be dismissed. The key principle laid down is that an appeal is liable to be dismissed for non-prosecution when the appellants fail to respond to court notices regarding procedural defaults such as non-payment of security after the death of their authorized counsel.