Supreme Court of India

State of Punjab v. Modern Cultivators, Ladwa

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Reported as [1964] 8 S.C.R. 273
Bench A.K. Sarkar J.
Decided 8 May 1964

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Torts-Break in canal bank-Suit for damages-defendants' negligence­ Non-production of documents by defendant-If adverse inftreuce can be drawn-Whether principle Re! lpsa Loqu;tur applits?­ Northern India Canal and Drainage Act, 18731 ss. 6, 15. firm called the Modern Cultivators brought a suit against the State of Punjab to recover damages for loss of crops suffered by flooding. '.Jf its Jands as a result of a break in a canal belonging to the State. The plaintiff's case was that there was a breach in the western bank of the canal owing to the negligence of the defendants and canal water

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