Supreme Court · 2024 INSC 514 · Decided 10 July 2024
Chief Conservator of Forest & ORS. v. Virendra Kumar & ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2024 INSC 514 · [2024] 7 S.C.R. 2427
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 7414/2024
- Decided
- 10 July 2024
- Bench
- VIKRAM NATH, SATISH CHANDRA SHARMA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
Headnote
Validity of forfeiture by forest department of the security deposit made by successful auction bidder due to failure to comply with work mandate, considered. Auction - Conditions of sale - Forfeiture of security deposit - Respondent in auction conducted by forest department, Gorakhpur (U.P.) in 1998 for certain forest produce - Parties executed an Agreement in terms of relevant Conditions of Sale - However despite being informed about last date to deposit the bid amount and complete the work, followed by two
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