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PETITIONER: ASRUMATI DEBI
Vs.
RESPONDENT: KUMAR RUPENDRA DEB RAIKOT AND OTHERS.
DATE OF JUDGMENT: 27/02/1953
BENCH: MUKHERJEA, B.K. BENCH: MUKHERJEA, B.K. SASTRI, M. PATANJALI (CJ) BOSE, VIVIAN BHAGWATI, NATWARLAL H.
CITATION: 1953 AIR 198 1953 SCR 1159 CITATOR INFO : RF 1965 SC 507 (19) RF 1970 SC 891 (5) R 1971 SC2337 (4) R 1974 SC1719 (11,12,13,14) RF 1981 SC1786 (73,99,139,152) R 1988 SC1531 (63)
ACT: Letters Patent (Calcutta High Court), cls. 13, 15-Order for transfer of suit under cl. 13-Whether " judgment"- Appealability -meaning of "judgment".
HEADNOTE: An order for transfer of a suit, made under clause 13 of the Letters Patent of the Calcutta High Court is not a "judgment" within the meaning of clause 15 of the Letters Patent and no appeal lies therefrom under the Letters Patent, as it neither affects the merits of the controversy between the parties in the suit itself, nor terminates or disposes of the suit on any ground. [Meaning of the word "judgment" discussed]. Khatizan v. Sonairam (I.L.R. 47 Cal. 1104), Justices of the Peace for Calcutta v. Oriental Gas Co. (8 Beng. L.R. 433), Dayabhai v. Murugappa Chettiar (I.L.R. 13 Rang. 457), Tuljaram v. Alagappa (I.L.R. 35 Mad. 1), Mathura Sundari v. Haranchandra (I.L.R. 48 Cal. 857), Chandicharan v. Tnanendra (29 C...