Supreme Court of India
Gordhandas Purshottamdas Sonawala and Another v. The Eastern Cotton Company
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What the Court ordered
We are of the opinion that the contracts entered into between the appellants and the respondents were not void as :i,lleged.
Judgment, page 21
From the headnote
Cotton, Contracts-Cotton Association-Statute providing for cotton contracts to be in accordance with the by-la121s of the Association -By-laws prescribing Forms of Contract-Substantial compliance with Form-V aUdity of the contracts-Bombay Cotton Contracts Act, x932 (Bom. IV of I932), s. 8(I). · Sub-section~r) of s. 8 of the Bombay Cotton Contracts Act, r932. provides: "Save as hereinafter provided in this Act, any contract .... which is entered into after the date on which this Act comes into operation and which is.. not in accordance with the by-laws of any recognized cotton association
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