Supreme Court · 2006 INSC 17 · Decided 10 January 2006
K.C. Skaria v. The GOVT. of State of Kerala and ANR.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2006 INSC 17 · [2006] 1 S.C.R. 274
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 6885/2003
- Decided
- 10 January 2006
- Bench
- ARIJIT PASAYAT, R.V. RAVEENDRAN (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Case Partly allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- CPC Section 20; Contract Act Section 213
Headnote
Code of Civil Procedure, 1908: Order 20 Rule 16-Suit for rendition of accounts between principal and C agent-Decree in-Contractor and State entered into a contract for construction work--Contractor filed suit claiming Rs. 2 lacs with interest thereon alleging that the State committed delays, the suit in entirety holding that a suit by an independent contractor for rendition of accounts by the employer D was not maintainable-Correctness of-Held: A suit for rendition of accounts can be maintained only if a person suing has a right to receive an account from the defendant-
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