Supreme Court Partly Allows Appeal in Rent Recovery Suit Concerning Forest Rights Lease; Holds Lessees Jointly Liable Under Section 43 of Indian Contract Act, 1872. Special Limitation Period of Bihar Tenancy Act, 1885 Governs Suit for Rent of Forest Produce, Barring Claim for Earlier Years, and Statutory Interest Rate of 6 1/4% Overrides Contractual Rate.
10 Oct 1968The litigation arose from a lease of forest rights executed on October 3, 1944, by the plaintiffs (along with other co-lessors) in favor of defendants...
