Kerala Court August 1982 Judgments
K. Abdulkhadar Vs. the Plantation Corporation of Kerala Ltd., Kottayam
Court: Kerala
Decided on: Aug-04-1982
Reported in: AIR1983Ker1
Balakrishna Menon, J. 1. The defendant is the appellant. 2. The suit is by the Plantation Corporation of Kerala Ltd., Kottayam for recovery of a sum of Rs. 24,005.36 by way of damages for breach of contract by the defendant. The plaintiff Corporation had invited tenders to carry out the work of the construction of a road from Peruvannamuahi to porambra Estate of the plaintiff-Corporation at an ' estimated cost of Rs. 3,25,614.00. The defendant's tender was the lowest for Rs. 2,83,174.00. As per Ex. A3 dated 28-5-1970 the plaintiff accepted the tender and a formal agreement Ext. A1 dated 24-6-1970 was executed between the plaintiff and the defendant. Ext. Al requires the contractor to commence the work as soon as the agreement is executed, and the site handed over to him, and requires the work to be completed before February 1971. Clause 11 of the terms and conditions of the tender notification annexed to the agreement requires the work to be completed in 9 months from the date of order...
Tag this Judgment!B. Govinda Rao Vs. District Collector, Ernakulam and ors.
Court: Kerala
Decided on: Aug-02-1982
Reported in: AIR1983Ker10
ORDERT. Kochu Thommen, J.1. Ernakulam was once a sleepy little town with well maintained roads having clean side-walks for the pedestrians to walk upon. That was when Cochin was Cochin and the gardens smiled all along the parks. Over the years the city has grown many times in size and population. The roads with gutter everywhere are now crowded with vehicles racing against each other; and the pavements, with pits and holes in the ground and advertisement boards hung dangerously low from the branches of trees, have become far too dangerous for the weary pedestrians to walk upon. Many of the roads are poorly lit, if lit at all, and it is a common sight to see rubbles, sand, bricks, drainage pipes, and the like left for months together on the sides of the roads all over the city. With buses, lorries and cars driven recklessly at maddening speed, unmindful of the pedestrians, the public streets in Ernakulam have become far too narrow to control the traffic, and the police in these circumst...
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