{"id":166266,"date":"1929-08-09T00:00:00","date_gmt":"1929-08-08T18:06:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/in-re-mohamad-kasim-sahib-vs-unknown-on-9-august-1929"},"modified":"2014-04-27T20:31:40","modified_gmt":"2014-04-27T15:01:40","slug":"in-re-mohamad-kasim-sahib-vs-unknown-on-9-august-1929","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/in-re-mohamad-kasim-sahib-vs-unknown-on-9-august-1929","title":{"rendered":"In Re: Mohamad Kasim Sahib vs Unknown on 9 August, 1929"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"docsource_main\">Madras High Court<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_title\">In Re: Mohamad Kasim Sahib vs Unknown on 9 August, 1929<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_citations\">Equivalent citations: 123 Ind Cas 351<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_author\">Author: Curgenven<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_bench\">Bench: Curgenven<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<pre><\/pre>\n<p>JUDGMENT<\/p>\n<p>Curgenven, J.<\/p>\n<p>1. The effect of the decision in Sheorania v. Bharat Singh 20 A. 90 : A.W.N. (1897) 203 is very considerably weakened by that in Baldeo v. John Singh 22 A. 55 : A.W.N. (1899) 172 (F.B.) which holds that a defect in the signature of a plaint or even the absence of any signature, it being found that the suit was filed with the knowledge and consent of the plaintiff, is not ordinarily a ground for interference in appeal. Much less then is it a ground for interference by a District Munsif under Section 73 of the Village Courts Act, or by this Court in exercise of its powers of revision, if petitioner cannot assert any specific prejudice to himself arising out of the irregularity. I, therefore, dismiss the Civil Revision Petition.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Madras High Court In Re: Mohamad Kasim Sahib vs Unknown on 9 August, 1929 Equivalent citations: 123 Ind Cas 351 Author: Curgenven Bench: Curgenven JUDGMENT Curgenven, J. 1. The effect of the decision in Sheorania v. Bharat Singh 20 A. 90 : A.W.N. 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