Supreme Court of India

M/s Frost International Limited v. M/s Milan Developers and Builders (p) Limited & Anr.

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Bench M. R. Shah and B. V. Nagarathna JJ.

Decided 1 April 2022

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What the Court ordered

We hold that while the plaintiff has certain grievances arising from the MoU, against the defendants which may give rise to seek appropriate remedies in law, the aforesaid three declaratory reliefs sought in the plaint are barred by law.

Judgment, page 37

From the headnote

Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 : ss. 96, 115 and Or.VII r.11 - Negotiable Instruments Act - ss. 118, 138 - Specific Relief Act - ss. 34, 41 – Suit for declaration – Rejection of plaint - Respondent no.1 engaged in business of exporting iron ore from Paradeep Port, had a plot on licence from Paradeep Port Trust Authority for carrying its business - Respondent no.1 and appellant entered into a Cooperation Agreement, however, as per respondent no.1, it was not given effect – Thereafter, appellant filed a complaint against respondent no.1 with Paradeep Port Trust Authority for violating terms and…

Authorities it was built on

1977 T. Arivandandam v. T. V. Satyapal & Another cited by 37
2002 Saleem Bhai and Ors. v. State of Maharashtra and Ors. cited by 21
2004 Sopan Sukhdeo Sable and Ors. v. Assistant Charity Commissioner and Ors. cited by 20
2003 Liverpool and London S.P. and I Asson. Ltd. v. M.V. Sea Success I and Anr. cited by 16
2017 Madanuri Sri Rama Chandra Murthy v. Syed Jalal cited by 15
2020 Dahiben v. Arvindbhai Kalyanji Bhanusali (gajra) (d) Thr Lrs & Ors. cited by 14
1965 Pandurang Dhoni Chougule v. Maruti Hari Jadhav cited by 6
1983 Cotton Corporation of India v. United Industrial Bank cited by 4
1986 Azhar Hussain v. Rajiv Gandhi cited by 3
2007 Hardesh Ores Pvt. Ltd. v. M/s Hede & Co. cited by 3
1997 T.C. Limited v. Debts Recovery Appellate Tribunal cited by 2
2019 Tek Singh v. Shashi Verma and Anr. cited by 1

Where later benches applied it

2025 K. Valarmathi & Ors. v. Kumaresan referred to

Of those, 1 referred to

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