Supreme Court · 2021 INSC 316 · Decided 30 June 2021
R. Janakiammal v. S.K. Kumarasamy(Deceased) Through Legal Representatives and Others
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2021 INSC 316 · [2021] 6 S.C.R. 333
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 1537/2016
- Decided
- 30 June 2021
- Bench
- ASHOK BHUSHAN, R. SUBHASH REDDY (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Case Partly allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- CPC; Contract Act Section 10, 13, 14
Headnote
Code of Civil Procedure, 1908: Or.XXIII r.3 - Compromise decree - r.3 of Or. XXIII provides that where it is proved to the satisfaction of the Court that a suit has been adjusted wholly or in part by any lawful agreement or compromise, the Court shall order such agreement and pass a decree in accordance therewith - r.3 uses the expression "lawful agreement or compromise" - A conjoint reading of ss.10, 13 and 14 of Indian Contract Act indicates that when consent is obtained by coercion, undue influence, fraud, misrepresentation or
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