SETH BADRI PRASAD AND OTHERS vs SETH NAGARMAL AND OTHERS

The Supreme Court held that the suit filed by the appellants against the first respondent for rendition of accounts was not maintainable as the Association was illegal under Section 4(2) of the Rewa State Companies Act, 1955. The Court ruled that recognizing the existence of the illegal Association to grant relief would contradict the law. The Court allowed the new point raised by the respondent regarding maintainability, emphasizing that it was a pure question of law based on a public statute, thus dismissing the appeal.