Tea Act,1953
Act No : 29
Section :
Contracts in bad faith, etc., may be cancelled or varied.
16F. Contracts in bad faith, etc., may be cancelled or varied. Without prejudice to the provisions of section 18B of the Industries (Development and Regulation) Act, 1951 (65 of 1951), as applicable to a tea undertaking or tea unit, as the case may be, the person or body of persons authorised under section 16D, or, as the case may be, section 16E, to take over the management of a tea undertaking or tea unit may, with the previous approval of the Central Government, make an application to any court having jurisdiction in this behalf for the purpose of cancelling or varying any contract or agreement entered into, at any time before the issue of the notified order under section 16D or section 16E, between the tea undertaking or the tea unit and any other person: and the court may, if satisfied after due inquiry that such contract or agreement had been entered into in bad faith or is detrimental to the interests of the tea undertaking or tea unit, make an order cancelling or varying (either unconditionally or subject to such conditions as it may think fit to impose) that contract or agreement, and the contract or agreement shall have effect accordingly. --------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Ins. by Act 68 of 1980, s. 3 (w.e.f. 11-6-1976). 140F
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