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Central Inland Water Transport Corp v. Brojo Nath Ganguly

AIR 1986 SC 1571

AIR 1986 SC 1571 · Supreme Court of India

standard-form-contractunconscionabilityunequal-bargaining-powerpublic-policy
Court
Supreme Court of India
Year
1986
Subjects
Law of Contract I
Reviewed
2026-08-02

Rule established

Standard form contract terms that are unconscionable, unreasonable, and the product of grossly unequal bargaining power may be struck down as opposed to public policy, even absent traditional vitiating factors like fraud or coercion.

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        Ratio decidendi

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