Supreme Court of India

Viswesardas Gokuldas v. B. K. Narayan Singh & Anr.

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Reported as [1969] 3 S.C.R. 581
Bench S. M. Sikri, R. S. Bachawat and K. S. Hegde JJ.
Decided 6 February 1969

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Contract Act, 1872 (9 of 1872), ss. 2 (6), 3 and ?-Suit. for specific performance of contract-Contract whether concluded-Acceptance of offer through plaint filed in another suit whether constitutes proper accep­ tance-Service of copy of plaint whether constitutes communication of acceptance. Under a contract dated August 3, 1957 the def~ndant agreed to sell to the plaintiffs 40,000 tons of float iron lying in a mining area in the Hooadurgo Taluka in Mysore State, and gave them a right to win and remove iron ore. On September 2, 1957, the defendant wrote to the plaintiffs that further to the

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