Supreme Court of India

Nandlal Misra v. K. L. Misra

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Decided 1 April 1960

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What the Court ordered

In the result, the order of the High Court is set aside and the reference made by the Sessions Judge is accepted and the ’application is remanded to the Court of the Magistrate, First Class, Allahabad, for disposal according to law.

Judgment, page 7

From the headnote

The appellant who was a minor filed an application by his mother as his guardian under s. 488 of the Code of Criminal Procedure in the Court of the City Magistrate, Allahabad, praying for an order against the respondent, for maintenance alleging that he was his putative father. The Magistrate summarily dismissed the appellant’s application without issuing notice to the respondent as required by s.488, Criminal Procedure Code.…

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