Madineni Kondaiah And Ors. Etc. vs Yaseen Fatima And Ors. on 22 June, 1985
In G. Govindan v. New India Assurance Co. Ltd. and Ors., [1999] 3 SCC 754,
this Court had occasion to refer to the decisions of the Full Bench of the
Andhra Pradesh High Court in Kondaiah's case (supra), Complete Insulations
Ltd. (supra) and New India Assurance Co. Ltd. v. Sheela Rani (Smt.) and
Ors., in the context of the 1988 Act and, after contrasting it with the
provisions of 1939 Act, held (vide para 13):