https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=290079 A statutory stay under the Encumbered Estates Act extended only to proceedings in respect of debt. A claim for possession was outside the stay provision, and mesne profits were treated as unliquidated damages rather than debt; only the liquidated money claim for earlier profits fell within the Act. In a composite suit containing both stayed and unstayed causes of action, the court could order a separate trial and confine the stay to the debt component. The blanket stay of the entire suit was unsustainable, so the suit could proceed on the possession and mesne profits claims while the money claim remained stayed. en-us Thu, 30 Sep 1937 00:00:00 +0530 Tue, 08 Sep 2020 13:52:13 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=290079 A statutory stay under the Encumbered Estates Act extended only to proceedings in respect of debt. A claim for possession was outside the stay provision, and mesne profits were treated as unliquidated damages rather than debt; only the liquidated money claim for earlier profits fell within the Act. In a composite suit containing both stayed and unstayed causes of action, the court could order a separate trial and confine the stay to the debt component. The blanket stay of the entire suit was unsustainable, so the suit could proceed on the possession and mesne profits claims while the money claim remained stayed. Case-Laws Indian Laws Thu, 30 Sep 1937 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=290079