Supreme Court of India

S. N. Dutt v. Union of India

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Reported as [1962] 1 S.C.R. 560
Bench P.B. Gajendragadkar J.
Decided 27 March 1961

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Suit against Government-Notice-Defect as to name of plain­ tiff-Effect of-Code of Civil Procedure, I908 (Act 5 of I908), s. So. The appellant was the sole proprietor of a business styled S. N. Dutt & Co. He gave a notice under s. So of the Code of Civil Procedure to the respondent in the name of "S. N. Dutt & Co.". After the requisite period he filed a suit against the res­ pondent describing the plaintiff as: "Surendra Nath Dutt sole proprietor of a business carried on under the name and style of S. N. Dutt & Co.'.' The suit was dismissed on the ground that the notice was defective as it was

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