Shri Ram Lal Puri vs Messrs Gokal Nagar Sugar Mills Co. Ltd.

Judicial Analysis Court Copy Headnote Facts Arguments Court observation

1967 Supreme(Online)(Del) 5

DELHI HIGH COURT
Hegde, CJ
Shri Ram Lal Puri – Appellant
Versus
Messrs Gokal Nagar Sugar Mills Co. Ltd. – Respondent

Advocates:
For the Appellant: Shri S. N. Chopra
For the Respondent: Shri Hardy

Table of Content
1. the contract became void due to legal changes from partition. (Para 1 , 2)
2. arguments centered on the application of limitation articles. (Para 3 , 4)
3. the court evaluated the nature of earnest money and its legal implications. (Para 5 , 6)
4. reflected on the applicability of limitation act articles to different claims. (Para 7)
5. partial allowance for the claim affirmed, emphasizing timelines. (Para 8 , 9 , 10 , 11)

1. These two letters Patent Appeals (Letters Patent Appeals Nos. 26 - D and 27 - D of 1964) arise out of the same proceedings and being directed against one main judgment of a learned Single Judge, may be disposed of by one judgment. The only question falling for our determination relates to the plea of limitation and lies within a narrow compass, namely, whether Art.97 of the Limitation Act applies to the case or whether it is governed by the residuary Art.120, no other Article being applicable in terms. Of course at one stage Shri Hardy ,learned Counsel for the respondents also attempted to apply Art.62 of the Limitation Act but this attempt was not seriously persisted in.

2. Turning now to the facts, on 26-11-1946, Messrs Gokal Nagar Sugar Mil