Repealed or not in force · As amended up to 2026-08
44. Whenever any order shall be made under this Act by the High Court, for the purpose of conveying any immovable property, or for the purpose of releasing or disposing of any contingent right, and such order shall be founded on an allegation of the personal incapacity of a Trustee or Mortgagee, or on an allegation that a Trustee or the heir or devise
Orders made by the High Court founded on certain allegations to be conclusive evidence of the matter contained in such allegations.
devisee of a Mortgagee is out of the jurisdiction of the High Court, or cannot be found, or that it is uncertain which of several Trustees, or which of several devisees of a Mortgagee, was the survivor, or whether the last Trustee, or the heir, or last surviving devisee of a Mortgagee, be living or dead, or on an allegation that any Trustee or Mortgagee has died intestate without an heir, or has died and it is not known who is his heir or devisee, then in any of such cases the fact that the High Court has made an order upon such an allegation, shall be conclusive evidence of the matter so alleged in any Court of Civil Judicature upon any question as to the legal validity of the order: Provided always, that nothing herein contained shall prevent the High Court directing a re-conveyance of any immoveable property conveyed or assigned by any order under this Act, or a re-disposition of any contingent right conveyed or disposed of by such order; and it shall be lawful for the said Court to direct any of the parties to any suit concerning such property or contingent right, to pay any costs occasioned by the order under this Act, when the same shall appear to have been improperly obtained.
Source: India Code