BELI RAM & ANR. vs SALIO RAM

The Supreme Court upheld the principle that a mortgagor who has not been heard of for seven years is presumed dead under the law, allowing the legal heirs to redeem the mortgaged property. The Court emphasized that the plaintiffs, as legal heirs of the mortgagor Mehtaba, had the right to file for redemption despite the defendant's claims of Mehtaba's existence. The appeal was dismissed, affirming the lower court's decree in favor of the plaintiffs for possession by redemption.