Supreme Court · 1987 INSC 336 · Decided 17 November 1987
Haji T.M. Hassan Rawther v. Kerala Financial Corporation
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1987 INSC 336 · [1988] 1 S.C.R. 1079
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 914/1987
- Decided
- 17 November 1987
- Bench
- B.C. RAY, K. JAGANNATHA SHETTY (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 14; Contract Act
Headnote
B Indian Contract Act, 1872: Auction-Disposal of property by State or instrumentality of the State-Resort to private negotiation instead of public auction justified in compulsive situations. Constitution of India, Article 14: Property owned by State or instmmentality of State-sale of-Through to give impression of bias, favouritism or nepotism. The respondent, a State Government Corporation obtained decree for certain amount against the appellant and in execution pro- D ceedings a tea estate was brought for sale by court auction in 1969, but in the absence of a bidder the
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