Supreme Court of India

K.C. Skaria v. The Govt. of State of Kerala and Anr.

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Reported as [2006] 1 S.C.R. 274
Bench Arijit Pasa Yat and R.V. Ra Veendran JJ.
Decided 10 January 2006

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What the Court ordered

We are of the view that the High Court was not justified in dismissing the suit H as not maintainable, ignoring the other prayers.

Judgment, page 17

From the headnote

Code of Civil Procedure, 1908: Order 20 Rule 16-Suit for rendition of accounts between principal and agent-Decree in-Contractor and State entered into a contract for construction work--Contractor filed suit claiming Rs. 2 lacs with interest thereon alleging that the State committed delays, defaults and breach of contract--Trial court decreed the suit-But High Court dismissed the suit in entirety holding that a suit by an independent contractor for rendition of accounts by the employer was not maintainable-Correctness of-Held: suit for rendition of accounts can be maintained only if a person

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