JAWALA DASS RAM NARAIN Vs. NAND LAL

JUDGEMENT

(1.) THIS is a rule directed against an order passed by the learned Senior Subordinate Judge, Hissar, holding that the suit brought by the Plaintiff Nand Lal. was triable in the Courts of Hissar because of the common law rule that "the debtor must seek the creditor."

(2.) A suit was brought on 16 -6 -1950 for the recovery of Rs. 14,462 on the basis of a Fixed Deposit Receipt dated 2 -12 -1946 for a sum of Rs. 16,000 which was in the following terms:

(3.) THE term "displaced person" has been defined in the displaced Persons (Institution of Suits) Act, 1948: