The Calcutta Law Journal Short Notes of Cases Articles and other Matters January 1 1929

12—Application to the High Court by the Karta of joint Hindu family to be appointed guardian of the property of the minor members if proper... [...] After a year had elapsed the plaintiff sued to evict the defendant on the ground that the agreement was void under section 23 of the Indian Contract Act and that it was inotrative for want of registration. [...] Held (per Madgavhar J.) that an agreement the consideration of which was the compounding of a compoundable offence was legal and valid and that the mere fact that the petition to compound was not made by the complainant but by her husband could not render the agreement void under section 23 of the Indian Contract Act and that the agreement though unregistered being acted upon could be supported [...] In arranging for the disposal of the outgoing Judge's cases the District Judge transferred this particular suit to the file of the Munsiff. [...] The Chief Executive Officer of the Calcutta Corporation held an enquiry into the matter and being satisfied that there was no ground whatsoever for a prosecution put in a petition for withdrawal of the case on the 17th of April 192o.