The Calcutta Weekly Notes Law Notes and Notes of Cases of the Calcutta High Court and of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council and the English Law Courts Monday January 30 1899

For the defence the right of the Directors in entering into such a compact was denied it was further urged that the agreements were ultra wires and the illegality of the transaction was pleaded as it was really an attempt to induce the public to believe in the exitence of a real market for the shares. [...] This was a suit by two of the adult sons of one Bolai Chand Singh deceased for the construction of the Will of the testator the said Bolai Chand Singh and for the declaration of the rights of the parties for administration of the estate for an account of what the estate consisted for an order that the executors and executrix be directed to render an account of their dealings therewith for [...] lxxix Subsequently the Registrar reported in favour of the.proposed.arbitrator he being a Judge of the Court of Small Causes at Calcutta and a Barrister-aLaw but the report contained no express finding as to whether the proposed arbitration was for the benefit of the minors On the matter coming on for confirmation of the above report on this day Mr. [...] An application was made by the Appellant a judgment-debtor to the 1st Munsif of Howrah to set aside a sale of immoveable property held in execution of a decree for arrears of rent on the ground that the sale was brought about by fraud and that the judgmendebtors were kept out of knowledge of the sale until the time when the auction-purchaser took possession of the property. [...] On appeal the District Judge reversed the order of the first Court without coming to any finding as to whether the allegation that the sale had been brought about by fraud was ;correct ; but on the ground that the applicants had failed to show that they had been kept out of knowledge of the sale by the fraud of the decreholder and auction-purchaser and that the application was barred by limita