Madras High CourtK.L.K.Rm. Ramanathan Chettiar, A Firm vs Seetharama Ayyar on 5 November, 1940Equivalent citations: AIR1941MAD537, AIR 1941 MADRAS 537JUDGMENT1. It seems to us clear with reference to the definitions in Section 3, Madras Act 4 of 1938 that a firm of money lenders cannot be an agriculturist. If the application be treated as one by the individual member of the firm it must fail, for the individual member has been assessed to income-tax during the period specified in proviso C to Section 3(2), so that he cannot claim to be an agriculturist. The appeal is therefore dismissed with costs.