K. Subramania Pillai vs A.V.S.V. Sankara Kulathu Iyer on 11 November, 1955
For instance he cannot apply for scaling down a debt under the Debt Relief Act as he ceases to be a debtor within the meaning of the Act; Somasundaram Pillai v. Official Receiver (1946) 2 M.L.J. 209. The release of the insolvent from debts provable in insolvency is not in the sense that there is a re-transfer of the property of the insolvent to him free from the claims of his creditors.