Supreme Court of India

Hindustan Construction Co. Ltd. v. State of Bihar and Ors.

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Reported as [1999] SUPP. 3 S.C.R. 554
Bench S. Saghir Ahmad J.
Decided 8 October 1999

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Code of Civil Procedure, I908 : Order 39. Bank Guarantee-Nature of-Invocation there of-Grant of injunction against-Bank guarantee was not unequivocal and unconditional-Held : Tenns of the bank guarantee are extremely material-If the bank guarantee is unequivocal and unconditional and recites that the amount is payable without demur or objections and imspective of any dispute, court should not grant injunctiol't"'-But if the bank guarantee is conditional, the beneficiary cannot have an unfettered right to invoke the guarantee-In the circumstances of the case, trial court justified in granting

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