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R.S.A. Nos.1003, 1032, 1033, 1034, 1040,
1047, 1052, 1069, 1082, 1084, 1086, 1091 &
1121 of 2018 and RSA Nos.6, 245, 249 & 252 of 2019
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Dated this the 1 day of August, 2025
JUDGEMNT
These appeals raise a common question regarding the
entitlement of Government contractors to claim interest or damages
for the delayed payment of bills by the Government. Hence, they are
being taken up and disposed of together by this common judgment.
2. As the facts in these cases are not in dispute, for the sake of
brevity, the facts of each suit are not being discussed, particularly
since the question of law arising in these appeals alone were
canvassed. The plaintiffs were all awarded various contracts by the
Government for carrying out certain emergency work to prevent sea
erosion. There is no dispute that all the plaintiffs have completed the
work, in due time, and have submitted their bills in time. It is also
not disputed that the Government delayed the payment of these bills.
The respondents herein, who are the plaintiffs, had submitted the
bills on different dates, and the payments were made beyond a
reasonable period. The details regarding the submission of the bills
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and the date of payments, as shown in the judgment rendered by the
courts below, are extracted below: