{"id":115213,"date":"1899-12-11T00:00:00","date_gmt":"1899-12-10T18:06:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/balwant-singh-vs-the-secretary-of-state-for-india-in-on-11-december-1899"},"modified":"2019-04-02T22:17:02","modified_gmt":"2019-04-02T16:47:02","slug":"balwant-singh-vs-the-secretary-of-state-for-india-in-on-11-december-1899","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/balwant-singh-vs-the-secretary-of-state-for-india-in-on-11-december-1899","title":{"rendered":"Balwant Singh vs The Secretary Of State For India In &#8230; on 11 December, 1899"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"docsource_main\">Allahabad High Court<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_title\">Balwant Singh vs The Secretary Of State For India In &#8230; on 11 December, 1899<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_citations\">Equivalent citations: (1900) ILR 22 All 139<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_author\">Author: B A Burkitt<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_bench\">Bench: Blair, Burkitt<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<pre><\/pre>\n<p>JUDGMENT<\/p>\n<p>Blair and Burkitt, JJ.<\/p>\n<p>1. In our opinion the suit does not lie by dint of Section 241, second paragraph of Clause (i), of the Land Revenue Act, No. XIX of 1873, and Section 45 of Act No. VIII of 1873. This question was not raised in the appeal or in deed elsewhere at all. The Court below dismissed the suit by the application of Article 14, Schedule II of the Limitation Act. The appeal is therefore dismissed, but under the circumstances, without costs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Allahabad High Court Balwant Singh vs The Secretary Of State For India In &#8230; on 11 December, 1899 Equivalent citations: (1900) ILR 22 All 139 Author: B A Burkitt Bench: Blair, Burkitt JUDGMENT Blair and Burkitt, JJ. 1. 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