Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 1, Rule 10 -- Impleadment of a stranger - Suit for specific performance - Suit filed by plaintiff and issues arising therefrom can very well be adjudicated inter se between existing parties without impleading proposed party as defendant - Merely because proposed party has filed other suit with regard to same subject matter does not ipso..........
Agreement to sell -- Specific performance - Ready and willing - Plaintiff was negligent, inactive and lacked continuous readiness and willingness to perform contract within the agreed period - Unexplained delay between agreement and notice, coupled with absence of any contemporaneous act evidencing readiness and willingness, supports refusal of relief - Relief of specific..........
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 - Plaintiff was always ready and willing to perform his part of contract and same could not be performed due to default of defendants alone - Plea of defendant that value of property has increased considerably and as such granting a decree for specific performance will give unjust enrichment to plaintiff, not tenable, as breach..........
Agreement to sell -- Suit for specific performance - Limitation - Though suit is technically within limitation but fact that suit has been filed after such a long delay i.e. just a few days prior to date of expiry of limitation period in itself is sufficient to show conduct of plaintiff to indicate that he was not ready and willing to perform his part of contract - Suit..........
Agreement to sell -- Specific performance - Date fixed for execution of sale deed was one year from the date of measurement of suit schedule property - However, no such measurement was carried out and plaintiff has not raised any objection in this regard till he got issued legal notice i.e almost for a period of 3 years - Suit came to be filed only at the fag end of..........
Agreement to sell -- Specific performance - Plaintiff has proved the service of notice of demand to the defendant - Suit is filed within limitation and subsequent purchasers did not raise a plea of delay and laches - There are concurrent findings of three Courts on the issue of readiness and willingness shown by first plaintiff - No interference warranted in said findings..........
Agreement to sell -- Specific performance - Agreement with only one of the co-owners - Suit filed on the last day of limitation inspite of having knowledge of sale deed executed in favour of defendant Nos.12 to 14 - Suit having been preferred after a long delay, plaintiff is not entitled for specific performance - Dismissal of suit by High Court, upheld...........
Agreement to sell -- Specific performance - Agreement with only one of the co-owners - Suit filed on the last day of limitation inspite of having knowledge of sale deed executed in favour of defendant Nos.12 to 14 - Suit having been preferred after a long delay, plaintiff is not entitled for specific performance - Dismissal of suit by High Court, upheld...........
