Supreme Court of India

Sona Bala Bora and Ors. v. Jyotirindra Bhatacharjee

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Reported as [2005] 3 S.C.R. 454
Bench Ruma Pal and C.K. Thakker JJ.
Decided 11 April 2005

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Contract Act, 1872 : ss. 11 and 12-Contract with consent of a person of unsound mind- Unsoundness of mind-Establishing of-Held, capacity of a person to execute a conveyance has not to be established only by medical evidence-Unsoundness of mind may be established by proving such conduct as was not only not in keeping with the character of the person concerned but such that it could not be explained on any reasonable basis-In the instant case, the actions of the head of the family surreptitiously selling the residential house and depriving his entire family as also initiating criminal

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