TMI Blog1926 (1) TMI 4X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... n order of the District Judge of Gonda allowing an application for the setting aside of a decree based on an alleged compromise, and directing the two appeals to him, which were decided by means of that decree, to be re-heard. The first point taken up is that the District Judge had no power to set aside the decree otherwise than in a regular suit. The District Judge has relied on the decision of t ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... ear that the mukhtar had no power to make or sign the compromise. It is also clear that the pleader did not have such power expressed in his vakalatnama. We are asked to hold on the strength of a decision of the Calcutta High Court: B. N. Sen & Brothers v. Chunni Lal Dutt & Co. A.I.R. 1924 Cal. 651: that a vakil has a general power to compromise a suit on behalf of his clients. The ruling referred ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X
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