In Re: Chinnathambi Asari vs Unknown on 14 March, 1958
The ruling of Ramesam, J., in Balakrishna Ayyar v. Pichamuthu Pillai (1921) 15 L.W. 186 approved in the Division Bench ruling referred to above, dealt with a case where the decree ex parte had been made on 26th January, 1920 and the draft security bond had been filed in Court on 6th February, 1920 and the fair bond on 1st April, 1920. On the facts of that case the fair security bond was not filed until after the time for applying for setting aside the decree had expired. Therefore, the question of the date of registration, and indeed the question whether the document was registered at all, became immaterial. The filing of the fair bond was itself beyond the period prescribed for setting aside the decree. Learned Counsel referred to various other rulings, which it is unnecessary that I specify, in which it was held that a security bond which required registration but which had not been registered could not be regarded as satisfying the requirements of the proviso to Section 17(1).