In Brief
M/s Shanti Conductors and related companies sought review of a Supreme Court judgment dismissing their appeals for non-payment of interest on supplies made to the Assam State Electricity Board in 1992-1993. The main issues were whether the suits were barred by limitation and whether interest could be claimed under the Interest on Delayed Payments Act, 1993. The Court dismissed all review petitions, holding that the appellants could not invoke Section 19 of the Limitation Act (fresh period from payment) without specifically pleading it in the original suit plaint, and that the scope of review is limited to correcting patent errors, not rehearsing substantive matters already decided."
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