could not wait any longer and began to announce their judgment. Other judges had presented their view to Costello in writing; he had delivered his own judgment in writing from Britain, and it remained sealed until it was read in court. Judge Biswas defended judge Basu's conclusions in his long verdict and stated that the defendants had failed to prove that the Second Kumar had died. He charged that the defendants had tutored witnesses and produced fraudulent letters. He therefore found in favour of the claimant. Justice Lodge disbelieved the story of the rescue, criticised the amount of witnesses both sides had summoned, dismissed many details of the plaintiff's evidence and accused the plaintiff's side of pressuring and insulting the witnesses for the defence. He therefore found in favour of the defendants. When judge Biswas read the judgment of Justice Costello's on 29 August 1940, it broke the tie. Costello criticised the Court of Wards for pressuring witnesses with irrelevant questions and withholding documents. He did not find sufficient reason to overturn the decision of the lower court. On 25 November, after two months of deliberation, the court announced that Costello's view was valid and therefore the appeal was dismissed. Privy Council The claimant was allowed to withdraw money from his share of the estate. He still left this share in the care of the Court of Wards until further developments. He also got married. The Board of Revenue did not answer right away and A.N. Chaudhuri withdrew from the case, but Bibhabati Devi was not ready to give up. Developments of the war delayed further appeals until 1943, when lawyers for Bibhabati Devi filed for leave to appeal against the judgment of the High Court in the Privy Council in London. Partially because of the bomb damage to the council chamber in the blitz, the Council moved to the House of Lords and the next hearing began there in 1945. D.N. Pritt worked for the claimant's side, and King's Counsel W.W.K. Page argued the case for the Court of Wards. Judgement affirming the order of the High Court was delivered on 30 July 1946. A panel of that Court, composed of Lord Thankerton, Sir Madhavan Nair and Lord du Parcq, concluded that the appellants had not demonstrated that the findings of fact as to the claimant's identity were clearly wrong. Finding that no such clearly erroneous finding of fact