Supreme Court · 2008 INSC 1449 · Decided 16 December 2008
M/S. Shakti Tubes LTD. TR. Director v. State of Bihar & ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2008 INSC 1449 · [2008] 17 S.C.R. 699
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 7315/2008
- Decided
- 16 December 2008
- Bench
- S.B. SINHA, CYRIAC JOSEPH (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- CPC Section 80; Limitation Act Section 14
Headnote
~ Limitation Act, 1963 - s. 14 - Applicability of - Contract ,..,.. between State and private Contractor --Dispute between parties - Writ Petition by the Contractor against State- Petition c partly admitted by High Court - Thereafter, contractor filing suit against State seeking money decree Court - In appeal, High Court setting aside the decree on the ground that suit was barred by limitation - On appeal, held: Suit was not barred by limitation - Time spent in the writ D proceedings to be excluded for computing limitation period in terms of s. 14 because the writ proceedings were
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