law: Semiconductor Integrated Circuits Layout-Design Act, 2000
  75.
  
     Death
  
  of party to a proceeding.
  If
  
  a person who is a party to a proceeding under this Act (not being a proceeding before
  
  the Appellate Board or a court) dies pending the proceeding, the Registrar may,
  
  on request, and on proof to his satisfaction of the transmission of the
  
  interest of the deceased person, substitute in the proceeding his successor in
  
  interest in his place, or, if the Registrar is of opinion that the interest of
  
  the deceased person is sufficiently represented by the surviving parties, permit
  
  the proceeding to continue without the substitution of his successor in
  
  interest.