Supreme Court of India

Kuju Collieries Ltd. v. Jharkhand Mines Ltd. & Ors.

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Reported as [1975] 1 S.C.R. 703
Bench P. Jaganmohan Reddy, M. H. Beg and A. Algiriswami JJ.
Decided 12 August 1974

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Contract Act. s. 65-Scope of-Payment not made under coercion or ignorance of fair-Whether recoverable. The appellant paid to the first respondent a large sum of money in respect of' mining lease granted to it. the appellant (plaintiff) instituted a suit for recovery· of possession of the leased property or in the alternative for refund of the sum paid to the first respondent. After institution of the suit the Bihar Land Reforms Act came into force as a result of which the appellant's claim in respect of posses~ sion of the mines became unenforceable. The appe1Iant, therefore, confined its

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