Supreme Court of India
State of Karnataka and Anr. v. K.K. Mohandas and Etc.
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What the Court ordered
We are of the view that the plea raised by the plaintiffs does not lay an adequate foundation for accepting the plea of estoppel justifying their being relieved of the obligation undertaken by them based on their bids and as contained in the written contracts entered into by them with the Government.
Judgment, page 16
From the headnote
Specific Relief Act, 1963: s.26-Party cannot ask for rectification of an agreem,;,nt entered into with open eyes and without any mutual mistake-At best it can ask for damages if it suffers any loss due to some default of opportunity-When no . loss was shown, plaintiff could not even ask for damages nor make their claim on the basis that Government failed to prevent illegal sale oftoddy Plaintiffs who are experienced contractors must have knownfactum of illegal sale and cannot claim ignorance-Estoppel against Government cannot be pleaded due to policy statement of Government in Assembly as
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