Agreement to sell -- Specific performance - Ready and willing - None of plaintiffs who were parties to agreements entered the witness box to prove their willingness to purchase property - Agreement upon which plaintiffs seek relief of specific performance had been expressly repudiated by vendors through notice - Plaintiffs, however relying on alleged part payments made..........
Agreement to sell -- Specific performance - Ready and willing - Party approaching Court seeking relief of specific performance of agreement of sale need not produce actual cash/money but is entitled to prove his readiness and willingness by any other means...........
Agreement to sell -- Specific performance - Ready and willing - Plaintiff failed to produce any documentary evidence such as receipts or bank records to substantiate the alleged payment of Rs.14,00,000 - During her evidence, she vaguely stated that amount was adjusted from her dowry, but no further proof was submitted in support of her claim - Plaintiff also admitted that..........
Agreement to sell -- Specific performance - Ready and willing - Once defendant asserted that plaintiff was neither ready nor willing to perform his part, plaintiff was atleast required to prove on record that he had capacity to pay balance sale consideration of more than 23 lakhs on agreed date for execution of sale deed - Plaintiff failed to bring on record any cogent..........
Agreement to sell -- Specific performance - Ready and willing - Readiness and willingness are not one but two separate elements - Readiness means capacity of buyer to perform contract, which would include financial position to pay sale consideration - Willingness refers to intention of buyer as a purchaser to perform his part of contract, which is inferred by scrutinising..........
Agreement to sell -- Specific performance - Ready and willing - Continuous readiness and willingness on the part of buyer from the date of execution of agreement to sell till the date of decree, is a condition precedent for grant of relief of specific performance...........
Agreement to sell -- Specific performance - Ready and willing - Readiness and willingness of buyer to go ahead with sale of property at the time of institution of suit loses its relevance, if buyer is unable to establish that readiness and willingness has continued throughout the pendency of suit...........
Agreement to sell -- Specific performance - Ready and willing - Onus to establish readiness and willingness is on buyer and failure to establish the same disentitles buyer from equitable and discretionary relief of specific performance...........
Agreement to sell -- Specific performance - Ready and willing - Plaintiff though pleaded that he appeared in office of Sub-Registrar on target date fixed in agreement and then served a legal notice - However, except for oral statement of plaintiff in this regard, there was no other evidence to prove this assertion - More so, no evidence was produced by plaintiff to show..........
Agreement to sell -- Specific performance - Ready and willing - In order to succeed for relief of specific performance, plaintiff has to plead and prove his readiness and willingness throughout...........
