TMI Blog1940 (8) TMI 34X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... suit was brought by the appellants as thekadars of a bazar against the defendant who carries on grain dealing in that bazar. The plaintiffs' case was that they were thekadars on behalf of the Payagpur estate and as such entitled to recover bazar dues and haq zamindari from the grain dealers. The defendant Raghubar Dayal is now dead and his legal representatives have been brought on the record ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... id not consider that it was necessary for the trial Court to decide any other issue. The learned Civil Judge observed that the mere fact that the defendant had on certain previous occasions paid something to the plaintiffs on account of bazar dues did not estop him from questioning their right to recover them from the defendant. Learned Counsel for the appellants has not attempted to dispute the f ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... benefit of Section 53-A can be enjoyed only by a defendant, as was held by their Lordships of the Privy Council in Probodh Kumar v. Dantmara Tea Co. Ltd ('40) 27 AIR 1940 PC 1. 3. Lastly it was argued that other issues should have been decided by the trial Court with special 'reference to the question of estoppel. We agree, however, with the lower Appellate Court that no question ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X
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