Supreme Court · 2022 INSC 1216 · Decided 18 November 2022
Food Corporation of India & ORS. v. Abhijit Paul
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2022 INSC 1216 · [2022] 8 S.C.R. 728
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 8572/2022
- Decided
- 18 November 2022
- Bench
- A.S. BOPANNA, PAMIDIGHANTAM SRI NARASIMHA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Disposed off
- Case type
- Civil
Headnote
Contract - Demurrage - Food Corporation of India (Corporation) entered into a contract with Respondent (Contractor) for transporting food grains - Subsequently, corporation called upon contractor to reimburse the amount of railways - As contractor incurred heavy losses on account of demurrages due to the contractor's inability to provide trucks - This unilateral action of corporation was challenged - Whether the contractual clause enabling the Corporation to recover "charges"
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