Supreme Court · 1971 INSC 175 · Decided 3 August 1971
State of Uttar Pradesh & ANR. v. Murari Lal & Brothers LTD.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1971 INSC 175 · [1972] 1 S.C.R. 1
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 15/1968
- Decided
- 3 August 1971
- Bench
- K.S. HEGDE, A.N. GROVER (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 299(1), 299, 299(I), 230(3); Contract Act Section 230(3), 230
Headnote
Constitution of India, Art. 299(1)-Contract Act, 1872. s. 230(3)­ Purported contract between Government and private party not complying withrequirements of Art. 299(1)-Whether enforceable-Liability of agent of Government. The respondent company had a cold storage. It filed a suit against the damages on the allegation that under an agreement nego­ tiated by Defendant No. 3 under instructions from Defendants Nos. 2 and 4 on behalf of the State Government {defendant No. 1) space had been reserved in its cold storage by the company for the storage of Government potatoes but no
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