1924 (3) TMI 2

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....-matter of a suit before the Court, and directing a re-sale. What happened was, the Receiver, who had been appointed in the suit, was directed by the Court to sell by public auction the lease of certain lands in suit for a year. The conditions of sale were printed and the printed leaflets were circulated. The Receiver held an auction in which the appellant before us, Rathnasami Pillai, was the hig....

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....he Receiver is an Officer of Court and whatever powers he exercises are delegated powers of the Court which the Court expressly gives him. He has no nowers except what the Court grants him. Unless the appellant can show us that in this case the Court has delegated its power of entering into a completed contract with third parties to the Receiver, any action taken by the Receiver cannot be binding ....