MURLIDHAR CHIRANJILAL Vs. HARISHCHANDRA DWARKADAS
LAWS(SC)-1961-3-61
SUPREME COURT OF INDIA (FROM: MADHYA PRADESH)
Decided on March 29,1961

MURLIDHAR CHIRANJILAL Appellant
VERSUS
HARISHCHANDRA DWARKADAS Respondents


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JUDGEMENT

Wanchoo, J. - (1.)This is an appeal by specia1 leave from the judgment of the High Court of Madhya Bharat. A suit was filed by firm M/s Harishchandra Dwarkadas (hereinafter called the respondent) against the appellant firm M/s Murlidhar Chiranjilal and one Babulal. The case of the respondent was that a contract had been entered into between the appellant and the respondent through Babulal for sale of certain canvas at Re. 1/- per yard. The delivery was to be made through railway receipt for Calcutta f.o.r. Kanpur. The cost of transport from Kanpur to Calcutta and the labour charges in that connection were to be borne by the respondent. It was also agreed that the railway receipt would be delivered on August 5, 1947. The appellant however failed to deliver the railway receipt and informed the respondent on August 8 1947, that as booking from Kanpur to Calcutta was closed the contract had become impossible of performance; consequently the appellant cancelled the contract and returned the advance that had been received. The respondent did not accept that the contract had become impossible of performance and informed the appellant that it had committed a breach of the contract and was thus liable in damages. After further exchange of notices between the parties, the present suit was filed in November, 1947.
(2.)Written statements were filed both by the appellant and Babulal. The contention of Babulal was that the contract had become incapable of performance and was therefore rightly rescinded. Further Babulal contended that he was not in any case liable to pay any damages. The appellant on the other hand denied all knowledge of the contract and did not admit that it was liable to pay any damages. Certain other pleas were raised by the appellant with which we are however not concerned in the present appeal.
(3.)Three main questions arose for determination on the pleadings of the parties. The first was whether Babulal had acted as agent of the appellant in the matter of this contract; the second was whether the contract had become impossible of performance because the booking of goods from Kanpur to Calcutta was stopped; and the last was whether the respondent was entitled to damages at the rate claimed by it.


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