C. J, IQBAL AHMAD
Mt. Tulsha Devi – Appellant
Versus
Shah Chironju Lal – Respondent
JUDGMENT
Iqbal Ahmad, C.J. - This is a judgment-debtor's appeal and arises under the following circumstances : The judgment-debtor appellant is a widow of the family of the respondents. There was a partition amongst the male members of the family of the. respondents sometime back and, in order to provide for the maintenance of the appellant, a village called Bijauli was given to her for her lifetime. It was farther agreed that the respondents will defray the expenses of the marriage of the daughters of the appellant. The respondents, however, committed a breach of this agreement and did not meet the expenses of the marriage of the daughters of the appellant. The appellant then brought a suit against the respondents for Rs. 18,000 on account of the expenses of her daughters' marriage and a decree for Rs. 7000 was passed in her favour by the trial Court. The respondents deposited the decretal amount in the Court below and filed an appeal in this Court. During the pendency of the appeal in this Court, a considerable portion of the amount deposited by the respondents was taken away by the creditors of the appellant. The High Court allowed the appeal of the respondents in part and reduce
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