Landmark case · Law of Contract – II · Semester 2

State Bank of Saurashtra v. Chitranjan Rangnath Raja

AIR 1980 SC 1528 · Supreme Court of India

A pledgee who fails to take reasonable care of the pledged goods cannot recover the debt to the extent of the resulting loss.

From topic

Bailment and pledge — Unit I, Law of Contract – II.

Related sections:

Indian Contract Act, 1872, 148–152 — Bailment, delivery and care required of the bailee
Indian Contract Act, 1872, 160–161 — Return of goods and bailee's responsibility
Indian Contract Act, 1872, 172–179 — Pledge, pawnor, pawnee and pawnee's rights