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...........
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..........
Agreement to sell -- Specific performance - Readiness and willingness can be shown through pleadings, documents or by conduct...........
Agreement to sell -- Specific performance - Parties have agreed to fix three years time to complete performance of contract - If the intention of parties is to complete transaction within three years period, Court cannot substitute its own view regarding fixation of such a long period unless there is evidence to show that intention of parties was not to convey property..........
