Supreme Court of India

C. Gangacharan v. C. Narayanan

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Reported as [1999] SUPP. 5 S.C.R. 332
Bench B.N. Kirpal and R.P. Sethi JJ.
Decided 14 December 1999

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2 Supreme Court benches have cited this judgment.

What the Court ordered

For the aforesaid reasons, the appeal is allowed and the judgment of the High Court under appeal dated 2nd August, 1988 is set aside, with costs throughout.

Judgment, page 3

From the headnote

Indian Trust Act, 1882: S.4(3)(b), 82-Property held in the name of trustee-Plaintiff sending money from abroad to dependent to purchase property in former 's name­ Defendant purchasing property in his own name-Suit by plaintiff for possession decreed-Execution-Meanwhile Benami Transactions (Prohibition of the Right to Recover Property) Ordinance, 1980 promlflgated-Objection filed by judgment debtor that in view of provisions of Ordinance decree could not be executed, disallowed by executing court- High Court in revision held in favour of judgment debtor-Held, High Court erred in setting aside

Where later benches applied it

Of those, 2 mentioned

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