Content Provider | Supreme Court of India |
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e-ISSN | 30484839 |
Language | English |
Access Restriction | NDLI |
Subject Keyword | Contractual dispute - Interference with - Print order placed by State for printing booklets |
Content Type | Text |
Resource Type | Law Judgement |
Jurisdiction | India |
Case Type | Appeal |
Court | Supreme Court of India |
Disposal Nature | Appeal Allowed |
Headnote | Contractual dispute - Interference with - Print order placed by State for printing booklets - Booklets to be supplied by printer on time bound basis - Non-completion of work within the time limit- Extension of time and stated that 110 books would be accepted after the extended time - Challenged to, by the printer - High Court directing to the State to accept the supply of booklets from the printer and make payment accordingly - Writ appeal by State - Dismissal of - On appeal, held: Time was the essence of contract and the printing of booklets was to be completed at the earliest - In case any work remains incomplete, the work order was ro be treated as cancelled - It was made clear that no booklets were to be received after the extended time - Thus, there was no reason for printers to print any booklets after cancellation of order and printing thereafter; was wholly unauthorised - Thus, lifter the order for printing booklets stood cancelled on failure to supply ll'ithin the stipulated period, the contract came to an end, there was no reason for the printers to print the booklets - The communication asking the printer to print and supply the booklets, did not confer on them a right to print books ajier the extended date - Thus, the High Court erred in the facts of the case to interfere in contractual matter and by granting the relief - Payment to be made to the printers for booklets supplied till the extended date. |
Judge | Hon'ble Mr. Justice Arun Mishra |
Neutral Citation | 2016 INSC 376 |
Petitioner | State Of Madhya Pradesh & Ors. |
Respondent | M/s Ruchi Printers |
SCR | [2016] 3 S.C.R. 538 |
Judgement Date | 2016-05-05 |
Case Number | 4817 |
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