Kolkata (Bengal) – The dispute of 1951 surrounding the dissolution of the former Berhampur Bank Limited has finally been resolved by the Calcutta High Court in the last week. It was concerning debts of Berhampur Bank Limited. The present Chief Justice was born after around a decade after the filing of the case. Calcutta High Court has still two of the five oldest pending cases to resolve. All the cases were filed in 1952, the Times of India reported two Civil lawsuits out of these 5 cases are being handled in the Civil Courts of Malda.
Watch: India's oldest pending court case finally settled after 72-years https://t.co/Pr9RbdB4rU
— The Times Of India (@timesofindia) January 16, 2023
On 19th November 1948 Calcutta High Court had declared Berhampur Bank bankrupt and issued an order to close it; but the depositors had challenged this order of the Court with a petition demanding return of their money with the bank.
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