Supreme Court · 1962 INSC 111 · Decided 27 March 1962
Bootamal v. Union of India
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1962 INSC 111 · [1963] 1 S.C.R. 70
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 507/1960
- Decided
- 27 March 1962
- Bench
- P.B. GAJENDRAGADKAR, K.N. WANCHOO (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- CPC Section 80; Limitation Act Section 31
Headnote
COURT REPORTS [1963) BOOTAMAL v, UNION OF INDIA (P. B. GAJENDRAGADKAR and K. N. WANCHOO, JJ.) Limitation-Suit ~ainst ca"ier for compensation for non-delivery-Starting point-If limitation start• from final refusal-Correspondence between parties, relevance of-Indian Limitation Act, 1908 22, 1948, the appellant gave a notice to the railway under s. 80 of the Code of Civil Procedure claiming the value cf the goods by way of compensation. It was stated in the notice that the cause of action had arisen on August 21 and 30, 1947, when delivery was refused. On December I, 1948, the
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