{"id":30803,"date":"2008-09-17T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2008-09-16T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/rajkamal-builders-vs-ahmedabad-municipal-corpn-ors-on-17-september-2008"},"modified":"2015-04-12T08:08:44","modified_gmt":"2015-04-12T02:38:44","slug":"rajkamal-builders-vs-ahmedabad-municipal-corpn-ors-on-17-september-2008","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/rajkamal-builders-vs-ahmedabad-municipal-corpn-ors-on-17-september-2008","title":{"rendered":"Rajkamal Builders vs Ahmedabad Municipal Corpn. & Ors on 17 September, 2008"},"content":{"rendered":"
Supreme Court of India<\/div>\n
Rajkamal Builders vs Ahmedabad Municipal Corpn. & Ors on 17 September, 2008<\/div>\n
Bench: R.V. Raveendran, Lokeshwar Singh Panta<\/div>\n
                                                       1\n\n\n                     IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA\n\n                     CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION\n\n                      CIVIL APPEAL NO.5728 OF 2008\n             (arising out of SLP(C)No.7222 of 2006)\n\nRAJKAMAL BUILDERS                                                 ... APPELLANT\n\n                                VERSUS\n\nAHMEDABAD MUNICIPAL CORPORATION & ORS.                          ... RESPONDENTS\n\n\n\n                                ORDER\n<\/pre>\n
          Leave granted. Heard learned counsel for the parties.\n<\/p>\n
          The Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC for short) decided to<\/p>\n
construct a bridge across the river Sabarmati. In that behalf AMC sought financial<\/p>\n
contribution from Ahmedabad Electricity Company (AEC), Oil & Natural Gas<\/p>\n
Commission (ONGC) and Gujarat State Road Transport Corporation (GSRTC). As<\/p>\n
the cost was estimated to be Rs.11 crores, it was agreed              that AMC, AEC,<\/p>\n
ONGC and GSRTC will bear the cost in the ratio of Rs.4 crores, Rs.1 crore, Rs.2<\/p>\n
crores and Rs.4 crores respectively. According to AMC, it was further agreed that in<\/p>\n
the event of the cost exceeding Rs.11 crores, the excess to the extent of Rs.1 crore<\/p>\n
would be borne by ONGC and AEC in the proportion of 2:1. AMC appointed AEC<\/p>\n
as its agent for construction of the bridge. The work was entrusted to the appellant<\/p>\n
for execution. The cost of construction turned out to be Rs.11,38,06,000\/-. It is stated<\/p>\n
that the additional cost of Rs.38,06,000\/- was borne by ONGC and AEC in the ratio<\/p>\n
of 2:1 as per the earlier understanding.\n<\/p>\n
                                           2<\/span><\/p>\n
2.        Thereafter, the contractor raised certain disputes in regard to its claims<\/p>\n
aggregating to Rs.1,33,36,200\/-. The said disputes were referred to arbitration. AMC,<\/p>\n
AEC, ONGC and GSRTC were made respondents in the arbitration proceedings.<\/p>\n
The Arbitrator by award dated 15.6.1999,       awarded a sum of Rs.20,14,860\/- to the<\/p>\n
appellant contractor and directed that AMC and AEC shall pay the said amount<\/p>\n
with interest at the rate of 12% per annum from the date of award till date of<\/p>\n
realisation (in the manner set out in para 24 of the award). Feeling aggrieved by the<\/p>\n
award, AEC filed an application before the City Civil Court, Ahmedabad under<\/p>\n
Section 34 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 (‘Act’ for short). The City<\/p>\n
Civil Court by its judgment dated 15.9.2003 upheld the award directing the payment<\/p>\n
of Rs.20,14,860\/- with interest at the rate of 12% per annum to the contractor.<\/p>\n
However, the trial court held that AMC was not liable to pay any amount. It held that<\/p>\n
AEC was liable to pay one-third of the award amount and ONGC was liable to pay<\/p>\n
two-third of the award amount. Consequently it directed AEC to pay RS.6,71,620\/-<\/p>\n
plus interest and ONGC to pay Rs.13,43,240\/- plus interest to the contractor.<\/p>\n
3.        Feeling aggrieved by the modification of the award, ONGC filed an appeal<\/p>\n
before the High Court of Gujarat. ONGC contended that having regard to the scope<\/p>\n
of Section 34 of the Act, the Court ought not to have shifted the liability from AMC<\/p>\n
to ONGC. On the other hand AMC supported the order of the trial court. The High<\/p>\n
Court by its judgment dated 27.9.2005 allowed the appeal. It held that the ONGC<\/p>\n
could not have been made liable to pay Rs.13,43,240\/- with interest in modification of<\/p>\n
the award of the Arbitrator. The High Court was of the view that having regard to<\/p>\n
the nature of jurisdiction exercised under Section 34 of the Act, and as the provisions
\n                                            3<\/span><\/p>\n
of Section 96 and Order 41 Rule 33 of CPC were inapplicable, the trial court could<\/p>\n
not have shifted the liability from AMC to ONGC. Therefore, the High Court set<\/p>\n
aside the decision of the trial court to the extent it held that ONGC was liable to pay<\/p>\n
Rs.13,43,240\/- with interest.\n<\/p>\n
4.   Feeling aggrieved the contractor has filed this appeal        by special leave.The<\/p>\n
contractor submits that it is        not concerned whether the AMC pays or ONGC<\/p>\n
pays, so long as some one pays the award amount to it.The grievance of the contractor<\/p>\n
is that the High Court while setting aside the liability of ONGC, ought to have issued<\/p>\n
a specific direction to AMC to pay the amount or ought to have stated that the award<\/p>\n
of the Arbitrator stood restored in full. The contractor apprehends that the judgment<\/p>\n
of the High Court may be so interpreted that AMC may dispute its liability to pay<\/p>\n
Rs.13,43,240\/- with interest on the ground that there is no specific direction to them<\/p>\n
by the High Court to pay the said sum.\n<\/p>\n
5.        On a careful consideration of the judgment, we are of the view that there is<\/p>\n
no basis for the apprehension of the contractor-appellant. The entire judgment when<\/p>\n
read as a whole, makes it clear that all that the High Court intended was to shift<\/p>\n
back the liability from ONGC in regard to Rs.13,43,240\/- with interest and not to<\/p>\n
reduce the amount due to the appellant. In short the effect of the decision of the High<\/p>\n
Court is to restore the award to its original position. It therefore follows that the sum<\/p>\n
of Rs.13,43,240\/- with interest thereon will have to be paid in terms of the award.<\/p>\n
6.        However, this leaves us with the dispute between AMC and ONGC as to<\/p>\n
who should bear the said liability. As observed above, the appellant contractor is not<\/p>\n
concerned with this dispute. It is unfortunate that even though the liability towards
\n                                           4<\/span><\/p>\n
the contractor for the sum of Rs.20,14,860\/- with interest awarded by the Arbitrator<\/p>\n
was not under challenge, the contractor has not been able to get the amount due to it<\/p>\n
for nearly a decade because of the inter-se dispute in regard to liability between the<\/p>\n
AMC and the ONGC.\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
7.        AMC is a statutory body established under the Ahmedabad Municipal<\/p>\n
Corporation Act and ONGC is a statutory Corporation established under the Oil &<\/p>\n
Natural Gas Commission Act, 1959. In regard to disputes between Government<\/p>\n
departments and public sector Undertakings, there is a mechanism for amicable<\/p>\n
resolution of disputes by mutual negotiations or through good offices of the High<\/p>\n
Powered Committee constituted by the Central Government, before parties approach<\/p>\n
a court. (See: ONGC vs. CCE-1995 Supp(4) SCC 541). Though the dispute between<\/p>\n
AMC and ONGC may not strictly fall under the category of disputes referable to the<\/p>\n
High Powered Committee, there is no reason why an attempt should not be made by<\/p>\n
AMC and ONGC to sort out the dispute between them by mutual negotiations or<\/p>\n
through the High Powered Committee, before the issue is considered by the court.<\/p>\n
There is also no reason why the appellant contractor should wait for payment till the<\/p>\n
issue is decided as between AMC and ONGC.\n<\/p>\n
8.         Therefore in exercise of power under Article 142 of the Constitution, we<\/p>\n
direct that the amount admittedly due as per the award (the sum of Rs.13,43,240\/-<\/p>\n
with interest thereon) shall be paid equally (50% each by AMC and ONGC) to the<\/p>\n
appellant-contractor within three months from today. AMC and the ONGC shall also<\/p>\n
pay a sum of Rs.10,000\/- as costs to the appellant contractor. The appeal is disposed
\n                                            5<\/span><\/p>\n
of accordingly in so far as the appellant is concerned.\n<\/p>\n
9.        Such payment will be without prejudice to the rights and contentions inter<\/p>\n
se between themselves. AMC and ONGC shall endeavour to sort out the dispute<\/p>\n
between themselves as to who is liable, in the manner stated above. In the event of<\/p>\n
failure, this Court will consider the question. List the matter after six months to<\/p>\n
enable AMC and ONGC to report about the results of their efforts of negotiated<\/p>\n
settlement.\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
                                                                ……………………….J.\n<\/p>\n
                                       ( R.V. RAVEENDRAN )<\/p>\n
                                     ……………………….J.\n<\/p>\n
                                       ( LOKESHWAR SINGH PANTA)
\nNEW DELHI,
\nSEPTEMBER 17, 2008.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Supreme Court of India Rajkamal Builders vs Ahmedabad Municipal Corpn. & Ors on 17 September, 2008 Bench: R.V. Raveendran, Lokeshwar Singh Panta 1 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CIVIL APPEAL NO.5728 OF 2008 (arising out of SLP(C)No.7222 of 2006) RAJKAMAL BUILDERS … APPELLANT VERSUS AHMEDABAD MUNICIPAL CORPORATION & ORS. … RESPONDENTS […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-30803","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-supreme-court-of-india"],"yoast_head":"\nRajkamal Builders vs Ahmedabad Municipal Corpn. & Ors on 17 September, 2008 - Free Judgements of Supreme Court & High Court | Legal India<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/rajkamal-builders-vs-ahmedabad-municipal-corpn-ors-on-17-september-2008\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Rajkamal Builders vs Ahmedabad Municipal Corpn. & Ors on 17 September, 2008 - Free Judgements of Supreme Court & High Court | Legal India\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/rajkamal-builders-vs-ahmedabad-municipal-corpn-ors-on-17-september-2008\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Free Judgements of Supreme Court & High Court | Legal India\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/LegalindiaCom\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2008-09-16T18:30:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2015-04-12T02:38:44+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/09\/legal-india-icon.jpg?fit=512%2C512&ssl=1\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"512\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"512\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Legal India Admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@legaliadmin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@Legal_india\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Legal India Admin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"6 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/judgments\\\/rajkamal-builders-vs-ahmedabad-municipal-corpn-ors-on-17-september-2008#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/judgments\\\/rajkamal-builders-vs-ahmedabad-municipal-corpn-ors-on-17-september-2008\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Legal India Admin\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/judgments\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/0bfdffe9059fb8bb24a86d094609c5ea\"},\"headline\":\"Rajkamal Builders vs Ahmedabad Municipal Corpn. & Ors on 17 September, 2008\",\"datePublished\":\"2008-09-16T18:30:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2015-04-12T02:38:44+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/judgments\\\/rajkamal-builders-vs-ahmedabad-municipal-corpn-ors-on-17-september-2008\"},\"wordCount\":1216,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/judgments\\\/#organization\"},\"articleSection\":[\"Supreme Court of India\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/judgments\\\/rajkamal-builders-vs-ahmedabad-municipal-corpn-ors-on-17-september-2008#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/judgments\\\/rajkamal-builders-vs-ahmedabad-municipal-corpn-ors-on-17-september-2008\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/judgments\\\/rajkamal-builders-vs-ahmedabad-municipal-corpn-ors-on-17-september-2008\",\"name\":\"Rajkamal Builders vs Ahmedabad Municipal Corpn. & Ors on 17 September, 2008 - Free Judgements of Supreme Court & High Court | Legal India\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/judgments\\\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2008-09-16T18:30:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2015-04-12T02:38:44+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/judgments\\\/rajkamal-builders-vs-ahmedabad-municipal-corpn-ors-on-17-september-2008#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/judgments\\\/rajkamal-builders-vs-ahmedabad-municipal-corpn-ors-on-17-september-2008\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/judgments\\\/rajkamal-builders-vs-ahmedabad-municipal-corpn-ors-on-17-september-2008#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/judgments\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Rajkamal Builders vs Ahmedabad Municipal Corpn. & Ors on 17 September, 2008\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/judgments\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/judgments\\\/\",\"name\":\"Free Judgements of Supreme Court & High Court | Legal India\",\"description\":\"Search and read the latest judgements, orders, and rulings from the Supreme Court of India and all High Courts. A comprehensive database for lawyers, advocates, and law students.\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/judgments\\\/#organization\"},\"alternateName\":\"Free judgements of Supreme Court & High Court of India | Legal India\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/judgments\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/judgments\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Judgements of Supreme Court & High Court | Legal India\",\"alternateName\":\"Legal India\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/judgments\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/judgments\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/judgments\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/5\\\/2025\\\/09\\\/legal-india-icon.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/judgments\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/5\\\/2025\\\/09\\\/legal-india-icon.jpg\",\"width\":512,\"height\":512,\"caption\":\"Judgements of Supreme Court & High Court | Legal India\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/judgments\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/LegalindiaCom\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/Legal_india\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/judgments\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/0bfdffe9059fb8bb24a86d094609c5ea\",\"name\":\"Legal India Admin\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/4faa9d728ed1af3b73d52225c7f12901ac726fe6f7ea0a3348a1d51f3a930987?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/4faa9d728ed1af3b73d52225c7f12901ac726fe6f7ea0a3348a1d51f3a930987?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/4faa9d728ed1af3b73d52225c7f12901ac726fe6f7ea0a3348a1d51f3a930987?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Legal India Admin\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/legaliadmin\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/judgments\\\/author\\\/legal-india-admin\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Rajkamal Builders vs Ahmedabad Municipal Corpn. & Ors on 17 September, 2008 - Free Judgements of Supreme Court & High Court | Legal India","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/rajkamal-builders-vs-ahmedabad-municipal-corpn-ors-on-17-september-2008","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Rajkamal Builders vs Ahmedabad Municipal Corpn. & Ors on 17 September, 2008 - Free Judgements of Supreme Court & High Court | Legal India","og_url":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/rajkamal-builders-vs-ahmedabad-municipal-corpn-ors-on-17-september-2008","og_site_name":"Free Judgements of Supreme Court & High Court | Legal India","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/LegalindiaCom\/","article_published_time":"2008-09-16T18:30:00+00:00","article_modified_time":"2015-04-12T02:38:44+00:00","og_image":[{"width":512,"height":512,"url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/09\/legal-india-icon.jpg?fit=512%2C512&ssl=1","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Legal India Admin","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@legaliadmin","twitter_site":"@Legal_india","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Legal India Admin","Est. reading time":"6 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/rajkamal-builders-vs-ahmedabad-municipal-corpn-ors-on-17-september-2008#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/rajkamal-builders-vs-ahmedabad-municipal-corpn-ors-on-17-september-2008"},"author":{"name":"Legal India Admin","@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/#\/schema\/person\/0bfdffe9059fb8bb24a86d094609c5ea"},"headline":"Rajkamal Builders vs Ahmedabad Municipal Corpn. & Ors on 17 September, 2008","datePublished":"2008-09-16T18:30:00+00:00","dateModified":"2015-04-12T02:38:44+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/rajkamal-builders-vs-ahmedabad-municipal-corpn-ors-on-17-september-2008"},"wordCount":1216,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/#organization"},"articleSection":["Supreme Court of India"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/rajkamal-builders-vs-ahmedabad-municipal-corpn-ors-on-17-september-2008#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/rajkamal-builders-vs-ahmedabad-municipal-corpn-ors-on-17-september-2008","url":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/rajkamal-builders-vs-ahmedabad-municipal-corpn-ors-on-17-september-2008","name":"Rajkamal Builders vs Ahmedabad Municipal Corpn. & Ors on 17 September, 2008 - Free Judgements of Supreme Court & High Court | Legal India","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/#website"},"datePublished":"2008-09-16T18:30:00+00:00","dateModified":"2015-04-12T02:38:44+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/rajkamal-builders-vs-ahmedabad-municipal-corpn-ors-on-17-september-2008#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/rajkamal-builders-vs-ahmedabad-municipal-corpn-ors-on-17-september-2008"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/rajkamal-builders-vs-ahmedabad-municipal-corpn-ors-on-17-september-2008#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Rajkamal Builders vs Ahmedabad Municipal Corpn. & Ors on 17 September, 2008"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/","name":"Free Judgements of Supreme Court & High Court | Legal India","description":"Search and read the latest judgements, orders, and rulings from the Supreme Court of India and all High Courts. A comprehensive database for lawyers, advocates, and law students.","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/#organization"},"alternateName":"Free judgements of Supreme Court & High Court of India | Legal India","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/#organization","name":"Judgements of Supreme Court & High Court | Legal India","alternateName":"Legal India","url":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/09\/legal-india-icon.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/09\/legal-india-icon.jpg","width":512,"height":512,"caption":"Judgements of Supreme Court & High Court | Legal India"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/LegalindiaCom\/","https:\/\/x.com\/Legal_india"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/#\/schema\/person\/0bfdffe9059fb8bb24a86d094609c5ea","name":"Legal India Admin","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/4faa9d728ed1af3b73d52225c7f12901ac726fe6f7ea0a3348a1d51f3a930987?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/4faa9d728ed1af3b73d52225c7f12901ac726fe6f7ea0a3348a1d51f3a930987?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/4faa9d728ed1af3b73d52225c7f12901ac726fe6f7ea0a3348a1d51f3a930987?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Legal India Admin"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.legalindia.com","https:\/\/x.com\/legaliadmin"],"url":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/author\/legal-india-admin"}]}},"modified_by":null,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30803","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30803"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30803\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30803"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30803"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30803"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}