Dwarika Halwai vs Sitla Prasad And Ors. on 18 January, 1940
They are of opinion that, no question of the decree being void or voidable having arisen in that Full Bench case, this interpretation by the learned Judges in the later case of Dwarika Halwai v. Sitla Prasad, (I. L. R. (1940) ALL. 344: A. I. R. (27) 1940 ALL. 256) is not correct. I very much regret to have come to a different conclusion. The question of the nature of the decree passed against the minor was essentially before the Full Bench, and it was open to the learned Judges to pronounce their views on that question, and, although the shorter point of the decree being void or voidable might not have specifically arisen in that case, their Lordships left no doubt in their discussion of the controversy that the decree was a nullity and, therefore, void; and they expressed themselves on the point in the clearest terms.