Supreme Court of India

Mis. Sciemed Overseas Inc. v. Boc India Limited & Ors.

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Reported as [2016] 1 S.C.R. 151
Bench Madan B. Lokur and Agrawal JJ.
Decided 11 January 2016

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What the Court ordered

We find no reason to interfere with the impugned 3 (201 l) s sec 496 MIS. SCIEMED OVERSEAS INC. v.

Judgment, page 10

From the headnote

Cost - Imposition of - For filing a false or misleading affidavit - Writ Petition challenging award of works contract - Dismissed on the ground of its maintainability - In appeal to Supreme Court, contractor filing affidavit that work was nearing completion - Supreme Court directed the High Court to decide the case on merits - Single Judge of High Court , in view of the affidavit, did not set aside the award of contract and giving liberty to the party who challenged the award of contract, to file a suit for damages - In intra-court appeal by the contractor, the Division Bench on verification

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