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..........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 21, Rule 58 -- Execution - Money decree - Claim petitioner sought to resist execution relying on an unregistered non-possessory agreement executed subsequent to attachment, would not confer any right, title or interest to claim petitioner in suit property to resist execution - Claim petition rightly rejected...........
Provincial Insolvency Act, 1920, Section 37 -- S.37 proceedings cannot partake the character of a Civil court deciding a suit for specific performance of an agreement...........
Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996, Section 31(7)(a) -- Arbitral award - Interest - Power of tribunal to award interest would operate if it is not otherwise agreed by parties - If there is an agreement between parties to contrary, arbitral tribunal would lose its discretion to award interest and will have to be guided by agreement between parties...........
Consumer Protection Act, 1986, Section 23 -- Allotment of plot - Non-delivery of possession - Compensation - Possession of plot was to be handed over within 24 months of sanction of service plans of entire colony as per agreement - Admittedly, no offer for possession was made until the year 2018 - Respondent invoked clause 7 of Agreement and allotted an alternative plot 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..........
Limitation Act, 1963, Article 54 -- Limitation - Suit for specific performance - Time to fulfill contract to execute sale deed not mentioned in agreement to sell - Though original date of agreement is 22.08.1994, plaintiff approached defendant nos. 1 to 3 demanding them to execute sale deed on 09.06.2003 and same was denied by defendants, suit was filed on 26.06.2003 -..........
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..........
Agreement to sell -- Refund of earnest money - Defendants committed fraud at the time of agreement to sell by incorrectly making known to plaintiff that property in question is a built up kothi, that husband of defendant No.1 has already expired and therefore, she is legal heir of her husband - Mutation was sanctioned 2 years after target date in favour of defendant No.1..........
Commercial Courts Act, 2015, Section 2(1)(c)(vii) -- Commercial dispute - No dispute regarding agreement relating to immovable property - There is no pleading to the effect that immovable property is being used exclusively in trade or commerce - Civil Court thus, has jurisdiction to decide the suit for declaration on basis of registered sale deed...........
