Supreme Court of India

Choudhary Jawaharlal & Ors. v. State of Madhya Pradesh

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Reported as [1970] 3 S.C.R. 208
Bench S. M. Sjicri, G. K. Mitter and P. Jaganmohan Reddy JJ.
Decided 30 October 1969

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Princely State-Construction of public buildings-Merger with Indian State-Liability of successor State to honour claim for payment-Act of State; what is. The appellants constructed certain public buildings in a princely state and the Maharaja admitted the claim of the appellants and executed a promissory note for the amount claimed. The princely State was merged with State of Madhya Pradesh and the State Government (respondent) took over the possession of the public buildings. On the question of the liability of the respondent to pay the amount of the promissory note, HELD : ( 1) The fact that

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