Supreme Court · 1981 INSC 146 · Decided 21 August 1981
State Bank of Travancore v. Mohammed Mohammed Khan
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1981 INSC 146 · [1982] 1 S.C.R. 338
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 1376/1978
- Decided
- 21 August 1981
- Bench
- Y.V. CHANDRACHUD, A.P. SEN, V. BALAKRISHNA ERADI (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Civil
Headnote
Kera/a Agricutturaists' Debt Relief Act (Act 11) 1970-Whether a debt owed by an agriculturist falls within the purview of section 2(4). The respondent had an overdraft account with the Erattupetta Branch of the Kottayam Orient Bank Ltd. at the foot of which he owed a sun1 of over Rs. 3000/· was a 'Banking Company' as defined in the Banking Regulation Act, 1949, was amalgamated with the appel­ lant Bank with effect from .Tune 17, 1961. The appellant Bank filed a suit (O,S, 28 of 1963) in the Sub·Court, Meenachil, against the respondent for recovery of the amount due
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