(1.) The facts of this case are very simple, but, in view of the difference of opinion between the Oudh Chief Court and the Allahabad High Court before their amalgamation; it appears to us desirable that it be referred to a larger Bench of five Judges for decision.
(2.) Mt. Munder had filed a Suit No. 166 of 1913 in the Court of the Subordinate Judge of Allahabad for the following reliefs :
(3.) The plaintiff-decree-holder filed an application for execution of the decree (Execution Case No. 1 of 1944) for the arrears of maintenance due to her from 5-12-1940, to 4-1-1944. The application was filed against 17 persons, four of whom were those against whom the decree in Suit No. 166 of 1913 had been passed by this Court and the rest were transferees from them. Three of such transferees were Pandit Madan Mohan, Mt. Premwati and Bate Krishna Das. Pandit Madan Mohan is now dead and he is represented by his son, Mahesh Prasad, who is the appellant in Ex. F. A. No. 254 of 1945. Mt. Premwati is also dead and she is represented by Mt. Brij Rani. The third appellant is Bate Krishna Das. They are transferees of properties which were included in the list of ancestral properties given in the plaint of Suit No. 166 of 1913. The transferees claim that they are transferees for consideration who have purchased the property in good faith and without notice of the charge created under the decree passed by this Court in the year 1917. The lower Court was of the opinion that to a charge created by a decree Sections 39 and 100, T. P. Act had no application and the Court therefore allowed the decree to be executed by sale of the properties in the hands of the three appellants. The lower Court recorded a distinct finding that the transferees had purchased the properties without notice and in good faith and for proper consideration. Mr. Kedar Nath Gupta, holding the brief of Mr. A.P. Pandey, is not able to challenge that finding and we must, therefore, accept the finding of fact recorded by the lower Court.