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Indian Oil Corporation Ltd vs Amritsar Gas Service And Ors on 19 November, 1990

In Indian Oil Corporation v. Amritsar Gas Service, (1991) 1 SCC 533, the Supreme Court explained that even where one of the contracting parties was an agency of state, the constitutional limitations of Article 14 as explained in Dwarkadas Marfatia and Sons v. Board of Trustees of the OMP(I)(COMM) 254, 255, 256 & 257/2019 Page 28 of 61 Port of Bombay (1989) 3 SCC 293, Mahabir Auto Stores v. Indian Oil Corporation, (1990) 3 SCC 752 and Shrilekha Vidyarthi v. State of U.P., (1991) 1 SCC 212 would not apply since the case was based only on breach of contract and remedies flowing therefrom. Therefore (SCC, p.541) ―the further questions of public law based on Article 14 of the Constitution do not arise for decision in the present case and the matter must be decided strictly in the realm of private law rights governed by the general law relating to contracts with reference to the provisions of the Specific Relief Act providing for non-enforceability of certain types of contracts.‖ On the facts of that case it was held that (SCC, p.542 ―granting the relief of restoration of the distributorship even on the finding that the breach was committed by the appellant- Corporation is contrary to the mandate in Section 14(1) of the Specific Relief Act.
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