1942 (8) TMI 13

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....ay. On 11th July 1940 the Bengal Agricultural Debtor's Amendment Act (Act 8 of 1940) came into force. By this Act, Section 20 of Act 7 of 1936 was amended by inserting therein the following words: "or I whether a liability is a debt or not" before the words "the Board shall decide the matter." On 24th August 1940 the respondents objected to the order of stay made by the Munsif on 26th June 1940 on the ground, that the appellants' liability under the decree was not a debt within the meaning of Act 7 of 1936 and consequently the Debt Settlement Board had no jurisdiction to issue notice under Section 34 of Act 7 of 1936. The Munsif held that the appellant's liability under the decree was not a debt as defined in Act 7 of 1936. He a....

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....etitioners long before the amended Act came into force and the notice under Section 34 of the Act wag also issued before that date. We do not think, therefore, that the provisions of the amended Act are at all attracted to the fact of the present case. Any way, it is not necessary to discuss the matter further as the rule that has been granted in this case, is not an open rule, but is expressly limited to grounds 1 and 2 of the petition neither of which covers the present point. 3. These observations of the learned Judge are obiter dicta. It is a general rule that when the Legislature alters the rights of parties by taking away or conferring any right of action, its enactments, unless in ' express terms they apply to pending actio....