AGARWALA, DESAI, V.D.BHARGAVA
RAJ BEHARI LAL – Appellant
Versus
. MAHABIR PRASAD – Respondent
( 1 ) I have had the advantage of reading the judgment prepared by my learned brother V. D. Bhargava, and as I generally agree with him. I need not recite the facts again or deal with the cases referred to by him at length.
( 2 ) A minor cannot sue by himself nor can he be sued without being represented by someone else. This someone else is called a "next friend" when the minor is the plaintiff in an action, and is called a "guardian ad litem" when the minor is a defendant. The nomenclature does not matter, and the real fact is that the next friend or the guardian ad litem represents the Interest of the minor.
( 3 ) ONCE a person has been named either the next friend or the guardian of the minor, reason requires that he should continue to represent the minor through all the off-shoots of the proceedings, for it would be anomalous if without the removal of the representative already named someone else were to commence representing the minor. If there are different representatives at different stages without the former representatives being removed by order of the Court, it would result in confusion as to which guardian will execute the decree or order when one is made i
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