Supreme Court · 1979 INSC 100 · Decided 3 May 1979
Indian Overseas Bank, Madras v. Chemical Construction Company & Ors
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1979 INSC 100 · [1979] 3 S.C.R. 920
- Case number
- TRANSFER PETITION (CIVIL) No. 26/1978
- Decided
- 3 May 1979
- Bench
- R.S. SARKARIA, D.A. DESAI (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Case Allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- CPC Section 25
Headnote
Code of Civil Procedurt, 1908-S. 25 as amended in 1976-Scope r~f-­ Jurisdiction of Supreme Court to transfer d suit from one court to arwt11«'­ Explai11ed. The first respondent entered into a contract with the second respondent for C the erection of a factory in a place named Seoni with its Banker (petitioner), the Bills of Exchange in respect of sale of machinery. When the second respondent failed to honour the Bills, the drawees of the Bills filed a suit in the District Court, Seoni against the petitioner Bank and others seeking certaia reliefs. The petitioner-Bank on
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