Supreme Court Allows Appeal of Decree-Holder in Bengal Money-lenders Act Case and Dismisses Borrower's Second Suit for Reopening Decrees as Barred by Res Judicata and Order 2 Rule 2 CPC. Borrower's Abandonment of Claim to Reopen Preliminary and Final Mortgage Decrees in Earlier Suit Under Section 36 of Bengal Money-lenders Act, 1940 Precluded Subsequent Suit for Same Relief....
The dispute arose from a mortgage deed dated April 25, 1930, executed by Anath Nath Mittra to secure repayment of Rs. 2,500 to Haridas Mondal. Mondal filed a mortgage suit in 1937, obtained a prelimin...




