Supreme Court of India

The Chief Engineer, Water Resources Department & Ors. v. Rattan India Power Limited through its Director & Ors.

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Reported as [2023] 1 S.C.R. 507
Bench S. Ravindra Bhat and Pamidighantam Sri Narasimha JJ.
Decided 13 January 2023

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What the Court ordered

We are of the opinion that the High Court committed an error in entertaining a fresh writ petition, which effectively claimed the same reliefs as of the previous one.

Judgment, page 11

From the headnote

Contract: Rights and liabilities of the parties stand crystallized on the date of entering into the agreement – In the instant case, appellant and respondent No.1 entered into agreemen t dated 22.05.2012 which categorically stated that respondent No .1 would pay a sum of Rs.1,00,000 per hectare towards irrigation restor ation charge – On the same day, respondent No.1 also gave an undertaking that it would pay the stipulated sum within a specific period of time – Thus, right from the very beginnin g i.e., in the sanction order, the demand notice and in all its letters, the appellant had

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