Supreme Court of India

A. K. Gupta and Sons v. Damodar Valley Corporation

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Reported as [1966] 1 S.C.R. 796

Bench A.K. Sarkar J.

Decided 10 September 1965

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Code of Civil Procedure (Act V of 1908), s. 153 0. 2 r. 2 and O. 6, r. 17-Amendment of plaint-When may be allowed. The appellant filed a suit against the respondent claiming a declaration that, on a proper interpretation of one of the clauses of the contract ' between them, the appellant was enti!led to an enhancement of 20% over the tendered raies. '!be plain! stated, that work had been dono o_nder the contract and that the value of the suit for purposes of jurisdic tion was Rs. 65,000, but as it was a suit for a decJara1ion only, coun fees on that basis had been paid. The appellant also

Authorities it was built on

1959 Mst. Rukhmabai v. Lala Laxminarayan and Others cited by 19
1957 L. J. Leach and Company Ltd. v. Jardine Skinner and Co. cited by 18
1957 Pirgonda Hongonda Patil v. Kalgonda Shidgonda Patil and Others cited by 15

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