Agreement to sell -- Suit for specific performance - Execution of sale agreement and payment of advance amount itself is doubtful - Relief of specific performance not granted - Plaintiff would not be entitled to any relief, unless and until such relief was asked for by plaintiff - A decree directing return of advance amount without any alternative prayer for the return of..........
Specific Relief Act, 1963, Section 34, 38 -- Suit for declaration on basis of adverse possession and permanent injunction - Plaintiff has relied upon agreement to sell to prove her ownership over suit property - However admittedly, said agreement was not proven on record in terms of S.64 of Evidence Act - Original agreement was never produced by plaintiff - Even no..........
Transfer of Property Act, 1882, Section 54 -- Sale - Agreement to sell - S.54 of the Act in its definition of sale does not include an agreement of sale which neither confers any proprietary rights in favour of transferee nor by itself create any interest or charge in the property...........
Transfer of Property Act, 1882, Section 54 -- Sale - Agreement to sell does not confer a valid title on the plaintiff as it is not a deed of conveyance as per S.54 of the Act - At best, it only enables plaintiff to seek specific performance for execution of a sale deed and does not create an interest or charge on the suit property...........
Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881, Section 138 -- Dishonour of cheque - Legally enforceable debt - Cheque issued pursuant to a compromise arrived at in a dispute regarding agreement which is hit by S.23 of Contract Act, would not be considered as a legally enforceable debt...........
Agreement to sell -- Specific performance - Ready and willing - Plaintiff already paid Rs.3,10,000 out of total sale consideration of Rs.3,90,000 at the time of execution of agreement to sell - On the targeted date plaintiff proved his presence before office of Sub Registrar - Suit filed within 8 days of second default committed by defendant - Plaintiff thus, was ready..........
Agreement to sell -- Specific performance - Attesting witnesses have proved that agreement to sell was signed by defendant in their presence on receipt of earnest money of Rs.3,10,000 - Legal notice was served at the behest of plaintiff and received by defendant - Same remained un-responded - Defendant though claimed that plaintiff procured his signed blank stamped papers..........
Agreement to sell -- Specific performance - Agreement to sell though denied by defendant, but Courts below have recorded finding on the basis of evidence on record that there was valid execution of agreement - Suit was filed within limitation - Finding of continuous readiness and willingness is also in favour of plaintiff - Suit rightly decreed in favour of plaintiff...........
Agreement to sell -- Specific performance - Order to deposit balance sale consideration - Issue of readiness and willingness is yet to be gone into and merely because agreement to sell has been admitted by parties would not be a ground to permit defendant to deposit the amount in Court - However, since the amount already stands deposited by defendant, therefore, amount so..........
Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, Section 166 -- Accident - Compensation - Liability of owner of offending vehicle - Contention that ownership of vehicle is transferred to appellant driver and thus, owner has no liability to pay compensation - However, recitals of agreement to sell in question indicate that there has been no transfer of ownership of vehicle and appellant merely..........
