Section 8(3) in The Maharashtra Agricultural Debtors Relief Act, 1947
(3)On receipt of such application the Court shall, after giving notice to the creditor or the debtor, as the case may be, and after making such enquiry as it thinks fit, if it is satisfied that the settlement arrived at is bona fide and voluntary and is not made with intent to defeat or delay any of the creditors of the debtor, and is in the interest of the debtor, [* * * *] [The words, brackets, letters, and figures 'and that the debtor as a person who fulfils the conditions referred to in clauses (a) and (b) of sub-section (1) of section 17' were deleted by Bombay 37 of 1955, Section 2.] record such settlement and certify the same. Every such settlement so recorded and certified shall be binding upon the parties thereto and shall not, save as otherwise hereinafter provided, be re-opened.
