Supreme Court of India

M/s. S.J.S. Business Enterprises (p) Ltd. v. State of Bihar and Ors.

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Reported as [2004] 3 S.C.R. 56
Decided 17 March 2004

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What the Court ordered

We are of the view that the sale effected in favour of respondent No. 6 cannot be sustained.

Judgment, page 9

From the headnote

Constitution of India, 1950: Article 226-Writ petition-Suppression of material facts-Effect on maintainability of-Petitioner filed a civil suit for certain reliefa-Thereafter, petitioner filed a writ petition seeking same reliefs without disclosing the fact of filing of the civil suit-High Court dislnissed the writ petition on the ground of suppression of material facts-Correctness of-Held: As a general rule, suppression of a material fact disqualified a litigant from obtaining any relief- But the suppressed fact must be a material one which, had it not been suppressed, would have had an

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