INDIAN CONTRACT ACT

Sl No.	Title	Coram	Date of Judgement	Subject	HeadNotes
61	RANGANAYAKAMMA & ANR. Vs. K.S. PRAKASH (D) BY LRS. & ORS.	Coram: S.B. SINHA, LOKESHWAR SINGH PANTA	16/05/2008	Hindu Law: Joint family properties - Partition of through family settlement - Sisters relinquishing their rights in properties in favour of their brothers - Consent decree based on family settlement - HELD: A partition by meets and bounds may not	Dismissing the appeal, the Court HELD: 1.1 The source of title in respect of properties in suit is not in question, as the same have all along been treated as joint family properties by both the branches of `KS' through his two wives `S' and `V'.	Click here to see Subject, Head Notes, Citation and Judgement
62	DLF UNIVERSAL LTD. Vs. EKTA SETH & ANR.	Coram: S.B. SINHA, MUKUNDAKAM SHARMA	15/07/2008	Monopolies and Restrictive Trade Practices Act, 1969; S.12-B: Unfair trade practice - Compensation - Apartment Buyer's Agreement - Default in payment of instalment by buyer - Cancellation of allotment and earnest money forfeited - Application clai	Disposing of the appeal, the Court HELD: 1.1 The parties to the contract are governed and bound by the terms and conditions of the agreement entered into. In the case in hand though it cannot be denied that the respondents at the time of signing	Click here to see Subject, Head Notes, Citation and Judgement
63	PIMPRI CHINCHWAD MUNICIPAL CORP.& ORS. Vs. M/S GAYATRI CONSTRUCTION COMPANY & ANR.	Coram: ARIJIT PASAYAT, MUKUNDAKAM SHARMA	06/08/2008	Constitution of India, 1950; Article 226/Indian Contract Act, 1872: Writ petition in contractual matter - Maintainability of - Held: Not maintainable. Appellant and the respondents entered into an agreement for construction of road. There arose	Allowing the appeal, the Court HELD: The High Court ought not to have entertained the writ petition. It appears that by order dated 17.1.2007 interim stay of the impugned order was granted and was continued by order dated 12.2.2007. It is pointed	Click here to see Subject, Head Notes, Citation and Judgement
64	SIEMONS PUB.COMMUN.NETWROKS P.LD.& ANR. Vs. UNION OF INDIA & ORS.	Coram: ARIJIT PASAYAT, C.K. THAKKER, LOKESHWAR SINGH PANTA	06/11/2008	Constitution of India, 1950; Article 226: Government contracts - Tender - Award of contract - Administrative decision, judicial review of - Held: Evaluating tenders and awarding contracts are essentially commercial functions - When the decision	Dismissing the appeal, the Court HELD: 1.1. In the composite price schedule in respect of Item No.11 of the bid document, appellant No. 1 endorsed the figure "1" in the column of "Quantity", and while filling in the price in the column of "Unit	Click here to see Subject, Head Notes, Citation and Judgemen