Supreme Court of India

Placido Francisco Pinto (d) by Lrs. & Anr v. Jose Francisco Pinto & Anr.

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Reported as [2021] 10 S.C.R. 676
Bench Hemant Gupta and V. Ramasubramanian JJ.
Decided 30 September 2021

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What the Court ordered

Held as under: 3 (2009) 12 SCC 95 PLACIDO FRANCISCO PINTO (D) BY LRs. v.

Judgment, page 10

From the headnote

Contract Act, 1872 – s.25 – Suit for possession and accounts filed by appellant no.1 against his younger brother-respondent no.1 (defendant no.1) and his wife-(defendant no.2) alle ging that he had purchased the suit property from them by way of reg istered sale deed, after settling the creditors of defendant no.1 – Sale den ied by defendants, who filed another suit for declaring the sale deed as null and void – Appellant’s suit decreed by trial court, res pondents’ suit dismissed – First appellate court allowed appeals f iled by the respondents – Affirmed by High Court – On appeal, held : As

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