Supreme Court of India

Rabia Bai v. The Custodian-general of Evacuee Property

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Reported as [1961] 3 S.C.R. 448
Bench P.B. Gajendragadkar J.
Decided 12 January 1961

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Evacuee Properly-Sale before enactment of evacuee laws­ Confirmation of sale-Vendor inteniling to defeat apprehended evacuee .laws-Good faith, if lacking-Administration of Evacuee Property Act, r950 (XXXI of r950). s. 40(4)(a). M who had gone to Pakistan in 1947, sold his property in the State of Madras to the appellant on August II, 1949. At that time there was no legislation with respect to evacuee property in Madras. On August 23, 1949, the Administration of Evac­ Property (Chief Commissioners Provinces) Ordinance, 1949 (XII of 1949), was extended to Madras. The appellant made an appli­

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