https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=126622 The written contract governed the parties' rights on freight charges, and the claim that payment was due on a multi-slab basis was rejected. Sections 91 and 92 of the Indian Evidence Act, 1872 barred reliance on oral discussions or other extrinsic evidence to alter the written terms, absent incompleteness or ambiguity. The handwritten endorsement relied on by the plaintiffs was treated as a later insertion, not part of the tender when submitted. Post-tender discussions and the fact that some bills were passed on a multi-slab basis by certain officers could not vary the contract or create a right inconsistent with its written terms. en-us Wed, 24 Apr 1996 00:00:00 +0530 Sat, 10 Jul 2021 10:39:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=126622 The written contract governed the parties' rights on freight charges, and the claim that payment was due on a multi-slab basis was rejected. Sections 91 and 92 of the Indian Evidence Act, 1872 barred reliance on oral discussions or other extrinsic evidence to alter the written terms, absent incompleteness or ambiguity. The handwritten endorsement relied on by the plaintiffs was treated as a later insertion, not part of the tender when submitted. Post-tender discussions and the fact that some bills were passed on a multi-slab basis by certain officers could not vary the contract or create a right inconsistent with its written terms. Case-Laws Indian Laws Wed, 24 Apr 1996 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=126622