Supreme Court of India

Karanpura Development Co., Ltd. v. Raja Kamakshya Narain Singh.

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Reported as [1956] 1 S.C.R. 325
Bench S. R. Das, Bhagwati and Venkatarama Ayyar JJ.
Decided 10 April 1956

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What the Court ordered

In the result, we must hold that the deed is not open Ayyar J. to attack on the ground that in entering into the transaction, the Court of Wards did not consider the interests of the ward.

Judgment, page 26

From the headnote

Court of Wards-Powers-Transactions by Court of Wards­ Court's power to review-Court of Wards acting on behalf of a ward and a guardian acting on behalf of a minor-Difference in the legal position of-Licences extending beyond the period of the minority of the ward- Validity-Sanction-Requirements-Ooitrt of Wards Act, 1879 (Bengal Act IX of 1879), s. 18-Guardians and Wards Act, 1890 (VIII of 1890), s. 29( a). Section 18 of the Court of Wards Act, 1879, provides that the Court of Wards "may sanction the giving of leases or farms of the whole or part of any property under its charge, and may

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