Supreme Court · 1969 INSC 189 · Decided 19 August 1969
Maula Bux v. Union of India
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1969 INSC 189 · [1970] 1 S.C.R. 928
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 851/1966
- Decided
- 19 August 1969
- Bench
- J.C. SHAH, V. RAMASWAMI, A.N. GROVER (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Contract Act Section 74
Headnote
v. UNION OF INDIA August 19, 1969 A [J.C. SHAH, ACTING C.J., V. RAMASWAMI AND A. N. GROVER, JJ.) B Indian Contract A ct (9 of 1872), s. 14-Deposit of money a.r guarantee for due performance of contract for mpply of goods­ Breach of contract-Forfeiture of deposit-Proo/ of Joss suffered when respondent to supply some goods and deposited a certain amount as security for due perfor­ mance of the contract. It was stipulated that the amounts were to stand forfeited in case the appellant neglected to perform his part of the con­ tract. When the appellant made defaults in the
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