Supreme Court of India

Deepa Bhargava & Anr. v. Mahesh Bhargava & Ors.

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Reported as [2008] 17 S.C.R. 636
Bench S.B. Sinha and Cyriac Joseph JJ.
Decided 16 December 2008

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In the result, the civil revision is partly allowed and the case is remitted back to the executing court to decide whether B the stipulation about the interest @ 18% per annum is in the nature of penalty and further whether it is unreasonable within the meaning of Section 74 of the Indian Contract Act.

Judgment, page 7

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