Supreme Court of India

M. Lachia Setty & Sons Ltd. Etc. Etc. v. The Coffee Board, Bangalore

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Reported as [1981] 1 S.C.R. 884
Bench V.D. Tulzapurkar J.
Decided 9 October 1980

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What the Court ordered

We are of the view that two separate powers-power to decline the highest bid and power to decline any bid-with different consequences ensuing are intended to be conferred on the seller by this condition.

Judgment, page 11

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