Transfer of Property Act, 1882, Section 53A -- Part performance - For claiming benefit of S.53-A of the Act, agreement must be registered...........
Specific Relief Act, 1963, Section 28 -- Decree for specific performance - Non-payment of balance sale consideration within time period fixed by Trial Court does not amount to abandonment of contract and consequent rescinding of same - Real test must be to see if conduct of plaintiff will amount to a positive refusal to complete his part of contract...........
Agreement to sell -- Specific performance - Ready and willing - Mere presence of plaintiff before Sub Registrar may lead Court to infer willingness of plaintiff but it does not prove his readiness - In order to prove his readiness, plaintiff was required to prove that he possessed financial competency on appointed date i.e., to perform his part - Ingredients of S.16(c) of..........
Agreement to sell -- Specific performance - Ready and willing - Deposit of money in Court - Direction to deposit money is an exception and general rule is that there is no necessity to deposit money to prove readiness and willingness to perform his part of contract - It is sufficient that plaintiff makes an averment that he is ready and willing to perform his part of..........
Agreement to sell -- Specific performance - Agreement was executed in respect of tentative allotment of 250 sq. yd., whereas the actual area turned out to be 412.41 sq. yd. nearly two and half years later - Moreover transfer to Defendant No.3 took place almost four decades ago - Urban property prices have escalated steeply - It will be wholly inequitable and contrary to..........
Agreement to sell -- Specific performance - Plaintiffs paid more than 95% of sale consideration well within time - Sale agreement was executed by defendant Nos. 2 to 4 in favour of plaintiffs well prior to cancellation of power deed in their favour - Hence, there is no need to go into the question of validity of cancellation of power deed - Pre-suit notice was issued..........
Agreement to sell -- Specific performance - Defendants contended that agreement to sell is a fabricated document - However, they failed to appear and adduce evidence before trial Court and state their case on oath and offer themselves for cross examination by other side - Presumption rightly drawn against them that case set up by defendants is incorrect - Possession of..........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 12, Rule 6 -- Judgment on admission - Petitioner sought to invoke summary jurisdiction of Court U.O.12.R.6 CPC by relying upon certain statements purportedly made by plaintiff in independent criminal proceedings before a criminal Court relating to dishonour of cheques - However, statements relied upon by petitioner do not qualify as clear,..........
Transfer of Property Act, 1882, Section 53A -- Part performance - Main ingredients for taking shelter u/s 53-A of the Act is the factum of possession...........
Transfer of Property Act, 1882, Section 53A -- Part performance - Suit filed for possession along with other reliefs which means that on the date of filing of suit, plaintiff was not in possession - Since there was no possession with plaintiff as such he cannot derive any benefit under the doctrine of part performance...........
