In Hindustan Construction Co. Ltd. v. State of
Bihar [Hindustan Construction Co. Ltd. v. State of Bihar,
(1999) 8 SCC 436], a two-Judge Bench of this Court formulated
the condition upon which the invocation of the bank guarantee
depends in the following terms: (SCC p. 442, para 9)
"9. What is important, therefore, is that the bank
guarantee should be in unequivocal terms,
unconditional and recite that the amount would be
paid without demur or objection and irrespective of
any dispute that might have cropped up or might have
been pending between the beneficiary under the bank
guarantee or the person on whose behalf the guarantee
was furnished. The terms of the bank guarantee are,
therefore, extremely material. Since the bank
guarantee represents an independent contract between
the bank and the beneficiary, both the parties would be
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bound by the terms thereof. The invocation, therefore,
will have to be in accordance with the terms of the
bank guarantee, or else, the invocation itself would be
bad."
In Hindustan Construction Co. Ltd. v. State of
Bihar [Hindustan Construction Co. Ltd. v. State of Bihar, (1999)
8 SCC 436] , a two-Judge Bench of this Court formulated the
condition upon which the invocation of the bank guarantee
depends in the following terms : (SCC p. 442, para 9)
"9. What is important, therefore, is that the bank
guarantee should be in unequivocal terms, unconditional
and recite that the amount would be paid without demur
or objection and irrespective of any dispute that might
have cropped up or might have been pending between
the beneficiary under the bank guarantee or the person
on whose behalf the guarantee was furnished. The terms
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of the bank guarantee are, therefore, extremely material.
Since the bank guarantee represents an independent
contract between the bank and the beneficiary, both the
parties would be bound by the terms thereof. The
invocation, therefore, will have to be in accordance with
the terms of the bank guarantee, or else, the invocation
itself would be bad."
In Hindustan Construction Co. Ltd. v. State
of Bihar [Hindustan Construction Co. Ltd. v. State of
Bihar, (1999) 8 SCC 436], a two-Judge Bench of this
Court formulated the condition upon which the
invocation of the bank guarantee depends in the
following terms: (SCC p. 442, para 9)
"9. What is important, therefore, is that the bank
guarantee should be in unequivocal terms,
unconditional and recite that the amount would
be paid without demur or objection and
irrespective of any dispute that might have
cropped up or might have been pending between
the beneficiary under the bank guarantee or the
person on whose behalf the guarantee was
furnished. The terms of the bank guarantee are,
therefore, extremely material. Since the bank
guarantee represents an independent Contract
between the bank and the beneficiary, both the
parties would be bound by the terms thereof. The
invocation, therefore, will have to be in
accordance with the terms of the bank guarantee,
or else, the invocation itself would be bad."
In Hindustan
Construction Co. Ltd. v. State of Bihar [Hindustan Construction Co.
Ltd. v. State of Bihar, (1999) 8 SCC 436] , a two-Judge Bench of this
Court formulated the condition upon which the invocation of the bank
guarantee depends in the following terms: (SCC p. 442, para 9)
"9. What is important, therefore, is that the bank guarantee should be
in unequivocal terms, unconditional and recite that the amount would be
paid without demur or objection and irrespective of any dispute that might
have cropped up or might have been pending between the beneficiary
under the bank guarantee or the person on whose behalf the guarantee
was furnished. The terms of the bank guarantee are, therefore, extremely
material. Since the bank guarantee represents an independent contract
between the bank and the beneficiary, both the parties would be bound by
the terms thereof. The invocation, therefore, will have to be in accordance
with the terms of the bank guarantee, or else, the invocation itself would
be bad."