Present : Bertram C. J. and Garvin A. J.     1921.

SEDRIS v. RAMANATHAN.

103-D.C.Galle,466.

Insolvency - Power of Court to annul adjudication - Application by opposing creditor for an adjournment with a view to making an application for the annulment of adjudication.

The power of the Court to annul an adjudication in bankruptcy is not limited to cases for which special provision is made in the Insolvency Ordinance. The Court has a general power to annul an adjudication in appropriate circumstances.

APPELLANT was, on an application made by him under section 20 of Ordinance No. 7 of 1853 on December 21, 1920, to have his estate adjudged insolvent and placed under sequestration, adjudged insolvent under the provisions of section 26 of the said Ordinance.

Two sittings were appointed under section 30 and estate adjudged insolvent, and all other incidental steps having been gone through, and his last examination having been proceeded with, the second sitting was declared closed, and a public sitting was appointed for the allowance of his certificate, under the provisions of section 124 of the Ordinance, for July 12,1921.

On July 8, 1921, t