Supreme Court · 1972 INSC 249 · Decided 6 October 1972
Hari Chand Madan Gopal and Others v. State of Punjab
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1972 INSC 249 · [1973] 2 S.C.R. 582
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 909/1967
- Decided
- 6 October 1972
- Bench
- J.M. SHELAT, D.G. PALEKAR, KUTTYIL KURIEN MATHEW, S.N. DWIVEDI, Y.V. CHANDRACHUD (5-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Contract Act Section 63
Headnote
MADAN GOPAL AND OTHERS A v. STATE OF PUNJAB October 6, 1972 [J.M. SHELA1, D. G. PALEKAR, K. K. MATHEW, S. N. DWIVEDI AND Y. V. CHANDRACHUD, JJ.) The Indian Independence (Rights, PropfN'ty and Liabilities) Order, 1947, Cl. 8(3) and Punjab Partition (Comracts) Order, 1947, cl. 2(d)­ Scope pron1issec effcc1ii·e even ll'ithout consideration fron1 the pro111isor·. Sometin1e in 1944 an agreen1ent was entered into bct\\'ecn the appel~ lant and the then Province of Punjab, whereby the appellant agreed to act as a Clearing Agent (Foodgrains) for the sale a:!ld purchase of
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