Supreme Court · 2021 INSC 5 · Decided 5 January 2021
M/S. Padia Timber Company (P) LTD. v. The Board of Trustees of Visakhapatnam Port Trust Through Its Secretary
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2021 INSC 5 · [2021] 1 S.C.R. 229
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 7469/2008
- Decided
- 5 January 2021
- Bench
- NAVIN SINHA, INDIRA BANERJEE (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Contract Act Section 7
Headnote
Contract - Offer and acceptance of offer - Whether the acceptance of a conditional offer with a further condition results in a concluded contract, irrespective of whether the offerer accepts the further condition proposed by the acceptor - Held: It of the law of contract that the offer and acceptance of an offer must be absolute - When the acceptor puts in a new condition while accepting the contract already signed by the proposer, the contract is not complete until the proposer accepts that condition - An acceptance with a
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