Supreme Court · 1990 INSC 279 · Decided 13 September 1990
P.N. Veeti Narayani v. Pathumma Beevl and Another
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1990 INSC 279 · [1990] SUPP. 1 S.C.R. 433
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 229/1976
- Decided
- 13 September 1990
- Bench
- A.M. AHMADI, M.M. PUNCHHI (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Limitation Act Section 18, 19, 20, 20(2)
Headnote
B · Limitation Act: Sections 18, 19 and 20---Acknowledgment of debt-When saves limitation. Muslim Personal Law-Liability to discharge debts devolves on heirs proportionate to their respective Shares in the estate of the deceased. One Vellappa Rawther, deceased, had incurred debt by means of the _promissory notes, the Trial Court granted a decree against tite estate of Vellappa Rawther in the hands of defendants 2 to 10. The High Court on appeal modified the decree reducing it to one fourth of the decreed sum and focussed the liabili~y on defendant­ Respondent No. 2 absoiving
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