Supreme Court · 1986 INSC 224 · Decided 5 November 1986
Lakshmichand & Balchand v. State of Andhra Pradesh
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1986 INSC 224 · [1987] 1 S.C.R. 108
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 4083/1986
- Decided
- 5 November 1986
- Bench
- R.S. PATHAK, G.L. OZA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Case Partly allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- CPC
Headnote
Civil Procedure Code, 1908-0rder 21, Rule 18-Power of the Court to allow set off-When is a claim founded on doctrine of equit- y able set off. I c The appellant...:ontractor entered into two agreements with the -~ respondent State for carrying out certain road repairing works. Clause " _,,.. into account amounts received by him earlier, while clause 71 permitted the State to retain or deduct money due under the contract from an amount due to the contractor under any other D contract. While the work was in progress the contractor made certain claims in respect of loss suffered on
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