Content Provider | Supreme Court of India |
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e-ISSN | 30484839 |
Language | English |
Access Restriction | NDLI |
Subject Keyword | 1963 - s.20 - Specific performance of contract - Requirement of law for passing decree for specific performance Specific Relief Act |
Content Type | Text |
Resource Type | Law Judgement |
Jurisdiction | India |
Case Type | Appeal |
Court | Supreme Court of India |
Disposal Nature | Appeal Allowed |
Headnote | Specific Relief Act, 1963 - s.20 - Specific performance of contract - Requirement of law for passing decree for specific C performance - Lease-hold plot recommended by DDA to be allotted to appellant- Receipt-cum-Agreement executed whereunder appellant agreed to sell his rights in the plot to respondent for consideration - Part consideration paid by respondent - Balance amount was to be paid by respondent subsequently - Responde11t filed suit for specific performance - Trial court held that the said D receipt-cum-agreement was an enforceable contract and on that finding decreed the suit which was affirmed by the High Court - Held: Specific performance cannot be ordered if the contract itself suffers from some deject which makes the contract invalid or unenforceable - The plot In question was allotted by DDA on certain terms and conditions, which were embodied in the lease deed - One E such condition was that property will remain non-transferable for a period of ten years - In spite of noticing the aforesaid fact, the High Court failed to hold that a decree for specific performance cannot be passed - Both trial court and the High Court completely misconstrued the facts of the case and misunderstood the law laid F down by the Supreme Court in the matter of exercising discretionary power for granting a decree for specific performance - Appellant directed to refund sum paid by the respondents to the appellant alongwith interest @ 6% per annum. |
Judge | Hon'ble Mr. Justice M.Y. Eqbal |
Neutral Citation | 2016 INSC 84 |
Petitioner | Satish Kumar |
Respondent | Karan Singh And Another |
SCR | [2016] 11 S.C.R. 614 |
Judgement Date | 2016-01-21 |
Case Number | 7385 |
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