Legally And Justly Due

Legally and Justly due, the expression 'legally and justly due' must, mean that before a claim is recognised by the Claims Officer he must be satisfied that the principal amount covered by that claim is 'legally and justly due', i.e., that such a claim, if sought to be enforced in a Court of Judicial Tribunal, will find recognition on the basis that it does not suffer from any legal infirmity, India and General Investment Trust Ltd. v. Purna Chandra Mardaraj Rao, AIR 1967 SC 1251 (1256): (1967) 2 SCR 245. [Orissa Estates Abolition Act, (1 of 1952), s. 20(1)]