Kothari Industrial Corporation Ltd. vs Lazor Detergents Private Ltd. And Ors. on 20 October, 1993
Another case we have come across in this regard is East Indian Produce Ltd. v. Naresh Acharya Bhaduri [1988] 64 Comp Cas 259 in which the Division Bench of the Calcutta High Court observed (at page 285) : "In our opinion, the above observation was made by Ajit Kumar Sen Gupta J. in a different context. If, however, the said observation of His Lordship means that if an illegal contract is performed in part by a party, it is not open to it to contend subsequently that it is not legal or valid, then, with respect, we are unable to agree with the above view of His Lordship. If a contract is not legal or valid, then by acting upon it by any of the parties thereto, the same cannot be said to be valid or legal. Acting by the parties upon a contract, which is contrary to any provision of law or statute and as such is illegal, invalid and not unenforceable cannot make the same legal, valid and enforceable".