https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=192454 The Supreme Court permitted the respondents to raise an additional ground at the appellate stage because it went to the root of the controversy, and remitted the matter to the High Court for consideration and report after allowing the appellants to file counter-affidavits and be heard. The Court also imposed costs on the respondents as a condition for permitting the fresh contention, directing payment of the appellants' costs of the specified hearing. The substantive question whether the transaction was contractual rather than a compulsory acquisition within Article 31 was not finally decided and was left for fresh consideration by the High Court. en-us Fri, 10 Dec 1971 00:00:00 +0530 Thu, 01 Jun 2017 17:02:39 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=192454 The Supreme Court permitted the respondents to raise an additional ground at the appellate stage because it went to the root of the controversy, and remitted the matter to the High Court for consideration and report after allowing the appellants to file counter-affidavits and be heard. The Court also imposed costs on the respondents as a condition for permitting the fresh contention, directing payment of the appellants' costs of the specified hearing. The substantive question whether the transaction was contractual rather than a compulsory acquisition within Article 31 was not finally decided and was left for fresh consideration by the High Court. Case-Laws Indian Laws Fri, 10 Dec 1971 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=192454