Supreme Court · 1971 INSC 144 · Decided 5 May 1971
Sushila Devi and ANR. v. Hari Singh and ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1971 INSC 144 · [1971] SUPP. 1 S.C.R. 671
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 1225/1966
- Decided
- 5 May 1971
- Bench
- K.S. HEGDE, A.N. GROVER (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Contract Act Section 56
Headnote
B Contract Act (9 of 1872), s. 56-Frustration-App/icabi/ity to leases. The appellants were legal representatives of the owner of a village. In January, .1947, the previous owner called for tenders for taking the property on lease for a period of three years. The respondents• tender wail The terms of the tender required that the lease deed should be got registered by the lessee and that the lessee alone would be personally responsible for taking possession of the lands. As a result of the partition of India the village became a part of Pakistan. Even before actual partition,
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