- Under the Code of Civil Procedure no suit can be filed on behalf a dead person or against a dead person. Muhammad Altaf v. Muhammad Sadiq 2004 SCR 47 (A)
- —No proceeding can continue against a dead person and reference or appeal, as the case may be, cannot be treated as valid. Collector Excise & Sales Tax & another vs Javed Minhas & others 2018 SCR 1226 (A) 1996 SCR 326 rel