Raja Rai Bhagwat Dayal Singh vs Debi Dayal Sahu on 4 January, 1908
2. It is well-settled that, when a person claims title under an alienation effected, by a Hindu widow in respect of the estate of her husband, the burden lies upon him to establish either that there was legal necessity in fact which Justified the alienation, or that he made proper and bona fide enquiries and did all that was reasonable to satisfy himself as to the existence of such necessity. This position is supported by the decisions of the Judicial Committee In Bhagwat Dayal Singh v. Debt Dayal Sahu 35 I.A. 48 : 35 C. 420 : 7 C.L.J. 335 : 10 Bom. L.R. 230 : 12 C.W.N. 393 : 5 A.L.J. 184 : 18 M.L.J. 100 : 3 M.L.T. 344 : 14 Bur.