The appellants filed a suit to pre empt this sale.
It is from this judgment that, by special leave, the present appeal has been brought.
Appeal by special leave from the judgment and decree dated February 1961 of the Punjab High Court in Regular Second Appeal No.
Both the trial companyrt as well as the District Court on appeal granted to the appellants a decree for pre emption, though to a limited extent.
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Yashpal Gandhi and S. D. Goswami, for the respondents.
The appellants are the illegitimate son and daughter of one Sardarni Prem Prakash Kaur.
Bishan Narain and Naunit Lal, for the appellants.
467 of 1963.
By a registered deed of sale dated December 1, 1956 the said lady sold 18 bighas, 1 biswas and 5 1/2 biswansis of agricultural land for a sum of Rs.
837 of 1960.
10,000/ to the respondents.
March 13, 1964.
The judgment of the Court was delivered by AYYANGAR, J. Do the words son or daughter of such female occurring in s. 15 2 b of the Punjab Preemption Act, 1913 as amended by Act X of 1960 include an illegitimate son or illegitimate daughter of such female is the only question that arises in this, appeal by special leave.
