{"id":40829,"date":"1952-03-07T00:00:00","date_gmt":"1952-03-06T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/badridas-vs-gour-chandra-on-7-march-1952"},"modified":"2017-09-21T04:30:55","modified_gmt":"2017-09-20T23:00:55","slug":"badridas-vs-gour-chandra-on-7-march-1952","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/badridas-vs-gour-chandra-on-7-march-1952","title":{"rendered":"Badridas vs Gour Chandra on 7 March, 1952"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"docsource_main\">Patna High Court<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_title\">Badridas vs Gour Chandra on 7 March, 1952<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_citations\">Equivalent citations: AIR 1952 Pat 392<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_author\">Author: L Jha<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_bench\">Bench: L Jha, Ahmad<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<pre><\/pre>\n<p>JUDGMENT<\/p>\n<p>  Lakshmikanta Jha, C.J.   <\/p>\n<p> 1.  This appeal arises out of a suit for a declaration that an ex-parte   mortgage   decree   obtained    against   the plaintiff,   while he  was  a  minor,  is  not binding on him.    The trial Court decreed the suit and  its  judgment   has  been   affirmed   by   the Court of  appeal below.  Hence this  second  appeal  by  the   defendant.\n<\/p>\n<p> 2. Three brothers, Ajodhya, Jugal and Bhusan, constituted at one time a joint Mitakshra family.    The plaintiff&#8217;s  case is  that Jugal  left his home sometime in the year 1927 and since then he  has  not been heard  of.   This  case  of the  plaintiff has  been  accepted  by the  Courts below.     In   April   1934,   Ajodhya   and   Bhusan executed    an    instalment    mortgage    bond    in favour  of  the  defendant-appellant,   mortgaging a  property  in   which  Jugal  had  interest   as  a member  of  the  joint  Mitakshra   family.     This mortgage   bond   was  not   executed   by   anyone on behalf of the minor nor was there any recital as to the purpose for which the loan was raised.\n<\/p>\n<p> In   1941   the   defendant   instituted   Mortgage Suit No.   21   of   1941   against  Ajodhya,   Bhusan and  the plaintiff  as  a minor  under  the  guardianship of Ajodhya.    Ajodhya  or Bhusan did not   file   any   written statement, nor did Ajodhya   take   any  step   on   behalf  of  the   minor. The Court, therefore, appointed one Mr. Phanindra  Nath   Chakravarty,   a   pleader,   as   guardian on behalf of the minor by his order dated the  14th July 1941.    It appears that the guardian-ad-litem wrote a registered letter to  Ajodhya  asking him  to give instruction for  filing written statement, but he did not respond, and thereupon the pleader-guardian reported to the Court that  he  could not  get  any  material  for filing a written statement and prayed that the plaintiff may be put to the strict proof of his case.     He,   however,   did   not   file   any   written statement   calling   upon  the   plaintiff  to   prove his   case   against   the   minor.\n<\/p>\n<p> The suit was taken up ex parte for hearing on the 11th November 1941 and decreed. Later on,  execution was taken out  and the property was sold and auction-purchased by the decree-holder in Execution Case No.  63  of 1943.    On attaining   majority,   the   plaintiff   instituted   the suit on the  19th January  1946 for a  declaration that the decree was obtained  against him on account of the gross negligence on the part of the guardian,  and,   as  such,  it is not binding on him. The Full Bench in &#8216;KAMAKSHYA NARAIN SINGH v. BALDEO&#8217;, 27 Pat 441  (FB) held:\n<\/p>\n<pre>  \"A  decree  passed   against    a   minor    can   be avoided by him on attaining majority on the ground   of   gross   negligence   on   the   part   of his    next    friend    or    guardian-ad-litem    by bringing   a   subsequent  suit...............\" \n \n\n Therefore, in view of the Full Bench decision the present suit is maintainable. The only question, therefore, left for decision is one of\n\nfact, namely, whether the guardian was guilty of gross negligence. The learned Subordinate\n<\/pre>\n<p>Judge, on a review of the materials before him, has held that the guardian-ad-litem did not act properly in looking after the interest of the minor in that suit. On this finding, I do not think we shall be justified in setting aside the decision of the Court of appeal below, which, in my opinion, has fully analysed the evidence in the case. The appeal is accordingly dismissed with costs.\n<\/p>\n<p>  Ahmad, J.\n<\/p>\n<p> 3.  I agree.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Patna High Court Badridas vs Gour Chandra on 7 March, 1952 Equivalent citations: AIR 1952 Pat 392 Author: L Jha Bench: L Jha, Ahmad JUDGMENT Lakshmikanta Jha, C.J. 1. 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