SCRA prevails over Contract Act and Sale of Goods Act: SC [Read Judgment]

Apex Court Bench comprising of Justices Anil R. Dave and R. Banumathi has held that the Securities Contracts (Regulation) Act, 1956 (SCRA) is a special law to regulate the sale and purchase of shares and securities and hence it prevails over the provisions of the Indian Contract Act, 1872 and Sale of Goods Act, 1930.This observation was made by the Supreme Court in Securities and Exchange...