{"id":21774,"date":"1940-10-29T00:00:00","date_gmt":"1940-10-28T18:06:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/nilakanta-ayyar-vs-thatha-pichaikaran-and-ors-on-29-october-1940"},"modified":"2017-01-24T12:33:01","modified_gmt":"2017-01-24T07:03:01","slug":"nilakanta-ayyar-vs-thatha-pichaikaran-and-ors-on-29-october-1940","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/nilakanta-ayyar-vs-thatha-pichaikaran-and-ors-on-29-october-1940","title":{"rendered":"Nilakanta Ayyar vs Thatha Pichaikaran And Ors. on 29 October, 1940"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"docsource_main\">Madras High Court<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_title\">Nilakanta Ayyar vs Thatha Pichaikaran And Ors. on 29 October, 1940<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_citations\">Equivalent citations: AIR 1941 Mad 802<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_author\">Author: L Rao<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<pre><\/pre>\n<p>ORDER<\/p>\n<p>Lakshmana Rao, J.<\/p>\n<p>1. The appeals were closed without any hearing on 1st November 1939 though one of the appeals was presented only that day and the order of the Joint Magistrate cannot for that reason be sustained. It is therefore set aside and the appeals are remanded to the District Magistrate of Tri-chinopoly for disposal by him or such other Magistrate as he may direct.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Madras High Court Nilakanta Ayyar vs Thatha Pichaikaran And Ors. on 29 October, 1940 Equivalent citations: AIR 1941 Mad 802 Author: L Rao ORDER Lakshmana Rao, J. 1. 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