Hdfc Bank vs Sebi on 18 February, 2022
44. In the light of the aforesaid, the decisions cited by
the intervener is not required to be dealt with and are
are not applicable as those cases are under the Contract
Act wherein the principle that the pledgee cannot get a
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better title than the pledgor was involved. The
decisions cited are Solomon vs. Attenborough [(1912)
1 Ch. 451]; Ram Bharose Sharma vs. Mahant Ram
Swaroop & Ors. [(2001) 9 SCC 471] and Shyam
Sunder Kejriwal vs. Usha Kejriwal [2010 SCC Online
Cal 2091].