Supreme Court of India

Tarapore & Co., Madras v. M/s. V/o Tractors Export, Moscow and Anr.

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Reported as [1969] 2 S.C.R. 920
Bench S.M. Sikri J.
Decided 26 November 1968

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What the Court ordered

In the result we allow Civil Appeals Nos. 2305 and 2306 of 1968 with costs of the appellant therein and set aside the tem­ porary injunctions granted by the trial judge.

Judgment, page 13

From the headnote

Banking Practice-Irrevocable letter of credz't--Significance of-If Courts can interfere with commercial practice when international reper· cussions are involved. An Indian Firm (the appellant) entered into a contract with a Russian Firm (the respondent) for supply of certain machinery, Jn pursuance of the contract, the appellant opened a con.firmed, irrevocable and divisible letter of credit with a Bank in India for the entire value of the equipment. The respondent supplied all the machinery and re­ ceived 25 % of the money payable under the Jetter of credit from the Bank. Thereafter, the

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