Supreme Court · 1963 INSC 242 · Decided 3 December 1963
Vriddhachalam Pillai v. Chaldean Syrian Bank LTD., Another
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1963 INSC 242 · [1964] 5 S.C.R. 647
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 547/1961
- Decided
- 3 December 1963
- Bench
- P.B. GAJENDRAGADKAR, K. SUBBA RAO, K.N. WANCHOO, N. RAJAGOPALA AYYANGAR (4-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Civil
Headnote
5 S.C.R. SUPREME COURT REPORTS VRIDDHACHALAM PILLAI v. CHALDEAN SYRIAN BANK LTD., ANOTHER 647 AND (P.B. GAJENDRAGADKAR, K. SUBBA RAO, K.N. WANCHOO AND N. RAJAGOPALA AYYANGAR, JJ.) Hindu Law-Partition-If bonafide-Onus of proof-Father's debt-Liability of joint family property for antecedent the appellant, formed members of an undivided Hindu family. The family had properties not only in Palghat but also in Cochin. In 1945, Kalayanasundaram entered into many contracts with the Government of India for the supply of black pepper. As he had no ready money to implement those contracts,
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