Bombay High Court Allows Partition Suit Despite Benami Transaction Act — Property Purchased in Wife's Name Before 1988 Not Barred by Section 4 of Benami Transactions (Prohibition) Act, 1988. The court held that Section 4 of the Act does not apply retrospectively to transactions completed before the Act came into force, and the plaintiff was entitled to partition of joint family property.
18 Mar 2011The appellant, original plaintiff, filed a suit for partition and separate possession of his one-half share in the suit property, claiming it was join...




