{"id":82458,"date":"1941-09-09T00:00:00","date_gmt":"1941-09-08T18:06:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/thottilakath-puthiapurayil-vs-thottilagath-puthiapurayil-on-9-september-1941-2"},"modified":"2016-12-06T05:41:23","modified_gmt":"2016-12-06T00:11:23","slug":"thottilakath-puthiapurayil-vs-thottilagath-puthiapurayil-on-9-september-1941-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/thottilakath-puthiapurayil-vs-thottilagath-puthiapurayil-on-9-september-1941-2","title":{"rendered":"Thottilakath Puthiapurayil &#8230; vs Thottilagath Puthiapurayil &#8230; on 9 September, 1941"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"docsource_main\">Madras High Court<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_title\">Thottilakath Puthiapurayil &#8230; vs Thottilagath Puthiapurayil &#8230; on 9 September, 1941<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_citations\">Equivalent citations: (1942) 1 MLJ 217<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_author\">Author: L Rao<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<pre><\/pre>\n<p>JUDGMENT<\/p>\n<p> Lakshmana Rao, J.<\/p>\n<p>1. The view of the Collector that orders cannot be passed on a petition under Section 20 (1) of the Madras Act XVII of 1939 until the suit for partition under Chapter III of the Act has been finally disposed of, is opposed to Section 20, Clause (3), which requires proceedings under Chapter III to be stayed during the pendency of the petition under Section 20 (1) and his order cannot for that reason be sustained. It is accordingly set aside and the petition under Section 20 (1) is remanded to him for disposal according to law. Costs upto date will abide and follow the result.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Madras High Court Thottilakath Puthiapurayil &#8230; vs Thottilagath Puthiapurayil &#8230; on 9 September, 1941 Equivalent citations: (1942) 1 MLJ 217 Author: L Rao JUDGMENT Lakshmana Rao, J. 1. 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