#Contract Breach

The Jharkhand High Court set aside FIRs under Sections 406 and 420 IPC, holding that without proof of dishonest intent at the moment the development agreement was executed, criminal liability cannot arise. Poor workmanship or later threats do not satisfy the deception element, shielding builders where intent is absent.

Madras High Court rules that unilateral tariff revisions under a power supply agreement require proof of increased fuel costs to be valid. Stopping supply before the payment deadline waives the supplier’s right to enforce termination clauses, entitling the consumer to damages for alternate power procurement.