Supreme Court of India

Elecon Engineering Company Limited v. Bhartiya Rail Bijlee Company Limited

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Bench Sanjay Kumar and K. Vinod Chandran JJ.
Decided 7 May 2026

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What the Court ordered

We are of the opinion that the contract by itself necessitated the execution of joint undertaking by the Contractor and the Collaborator who had the ‘joint and several’ liability for the due completion of the contract.

Judgment, page 8

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