Supreme Court · 1969 INSC 321 · Decided 30 October 1969
Choudhary Jawaharlal & ORS. v. State of Madhya Pradesh
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1969 INSC 321 · [1970] 3 S.C.R. 208
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 97/1966
- Decided
- 30 October 1969
- Bench
- S.M. SIKRI, G.K. MITTER, P. JAGANMOHAN REDDY (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- CPC Section 80, 86; Constitution
Headnote
Princely State-Construction of public buildings-Merger with Indian State-Liability of successor State to honour claim for payment-Act of State; what is. The appellants constructed certain public buildings in a princely state and the Maharaja admitted the claim of the appellants and executed a with State of Madhya Pradesh and the State Government (respondent) took over the possession of the public buildings. On the question of the liability of the respondent to pay the amount of the promissory note, HELD : ( 1) The fact that the appellants were asked by the respondent to supply
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