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..........
Specific Relief Act, 1963, Section 39 -- Suit for mandatory injunction seeking direction to defendant to execute sale deed in favour of plaintiff on the basis of agreement to sell in his favour - Plaintiff filed suit for mandatory injunction instead of suit for specific performance as such suit is not maintainable - Furthermore defendant Nos.1 & 2 executed sale deed in..........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 1, Rule 10 -- Impleadment of a party - Suit for specific performance - Petitioners claimed that prior agreement to sell was executed in their favour before execution of present agreement to sell - Certain portions of land are also stated to have transferred to them by way of different sale deeds - Some litigation is stated to be pending..........
Agreement to sell -- Specific performance - Once it has come on record that thumb impression appended on agreement to sell was smudged at various points, onus lay heavy on plaintiff to prove execution of agreement to sell...........
Agreement to sell -- Specific performance - Sale deed not executed despite payment of entire sale consideration - Plea that sale deeds were not allowed by Government not supported by any evidence - Dismissal of suit calls for no interference...........
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 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...........
