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 March 19 1900

The Advocate-General proposed the health of the guest of the evening in appropriate terms and the reply by the retiring Judge was much appreciated. [...] 7. The Chief Presidency Magistrate and the salaried Presidency Magistrate shall be ex-officio members of Benches; the Chief Presidency Magistrate shall if present officiate as Chairman of the Bench; the salaried Presidency Magistrate if sitting shall in the absence of the Chief Presidency Magistrate officiate as Chairman; and in the absence of the Chief Presidency Magistrate and the salaried [...] 9. The Chairman shall ordinarily record the evdence and judgment in cases where a record of evdence and judgment is necessary; but such ditty may with his consent be performed by any of his colleagues or the evidence and judgment may be taken down by the Registrar or the Clerk of the Count at the dictation of the Chairman. [...] It was alleged that under the terms of the ijara lease the ijartlars were bound to pay the Government revenue payable on account of the estates held in ijara but by reason of the Defendants' default the Plaintiffs had to make two payments of revenue and they now sought to recover the amount of those payments also. [...] That though the privity between the parties may be one of estate only it is in respect of the whole of the tenure though the transfer was of a part by reason of the indivisibility of the tenure without the landlords' consent.