Supreme Court of India

Venkata Reddi and Others v. Pothi Reddi

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Bench S. J. Imam, K. Subba Rao, N. Rajagopala Ayyangar and J. R. Mudholkar JJ.
Decided 30 November 1962

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What the Court ordered

In the result we allow the appeal, set aside the judgment and decree of the High Court and restore that of the trial court as affirmed in appeal by the learned Subordinate Judge.

Judgment, page 11

From the headnote

Preliminary Decree—Partition suit—Father's insolvency—Suit challenging Official Receiver's sale of sons' share—New law declaring such right but made subject to previous final decision of court—Preliminary decree, if a "final decision"—Provincial Insolvency (Amendment) Act, 1948 (25 of 1948), s. 2—Provincial Insolvency Act, 1920 (5 of 1920), s. 28A. The appellants' father was adjudicated an insolvent and the Official Receiver put up for sale the property belonging to the undivided family including the two-thirds share of the appellants.…

Authorities it was built on

  • In re A Debtor
  • Vakalapudi Sri Ranga Rao and others v. Mutyala Ammanna

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