law: Geographical Indications of Goods (Registration and Protection) Act, 1999
  63. 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 t e 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.