CASE BREIF : Ramchandraram Nagaram Rice & Oil Mills Ltd. v.
Municipal Commissioners of Purulia Municipality
CITATION: AIR 1926 Pat. 258, 12 Bom. 490
COURT : Patna High Court
BENCH :
Hon’ble Justice Fazl Ali and Hon’ble Justice Verma
PARTIES
PETITIONER : Ramchandraram Nagaram Rice & Oil Mills Ltd.
RESPONDENT: Municipal Commissioners of Purulia Municipality
DECIDED ON:
26th March, 1943
FACTS
This is an appeal filed by the plaintiff against the trial court's ruling dismissing the
plaintiff's lawsuit. For the previous 14 years, the plaintiff had been producing rice
and oil under the brand name "R. N. Bishnachandra." Purulia received a shipment of
pure mustard oil from the plaintiff in a cylindrical van.
Approximately one thousand canisters of oil were filled and delivered to customers
in accordance with the agreement on May 3, 1938.
Following the delivery of the 100 tins to the defendant on May 4, 1938, he filed a
case under Section 287 of the Municipal Act, claiming the oil was tainted with
kerosene and smelled bad.
The plaintiff argued that the defendant's accusations were baseless and untrue, and
that the oil was pure and intended for ingestion by humans.
After the oil samples were examined by a chemical analyst, the sanitary inspector
determined that the oil was authentic. The plaintiff claimed that he suffered
significant losses as a result of the defendant's actions.
