Agreement to sell -- Specific performance - Direction to defendant to deposit amount received by him towards part of sale consideration to the credit of suit - Order passed without considering version of defendant - Order passed simply extracting apprehension of plaintiff - Order does not indicate application of mind by Court - Impugned order set aside - Matter remitted..........
Specific Relief Act, 1963, Section 28 -- Decree for specific performance - Computation of period for deposit of sale consideration - First appellate Court decreed the suit against which second appeal was filed which was dismissed - Original decree passed by first appellate Court merged with decree passed by Second appeal and it further got merged with decree of Supreme..........
Limitation Act, 1963, Article 54 -- Limitation - Suit for specific performance - Date fixed for payment of consideration was three months from date of agreements - Limitation to file suit starts from the expiry of three months - Suit filed beyond three years - Suit is clearly barred u/s 54 of Limitation Act...........
Agreement to sell -- Specific performance - Contract was breached due to conduct of purchaser who was not willing to perform contract after entering into a time sensitive agreement - Claim of purchaser is thus, hit by delay and latches on their part as they did not take appropriate measures within stipulated time and filing of suit was delayed by almost five years -..........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 20, Rule 12A -- Decree for specific performance - Non-deposit of balance sale consideration - DH has not shown any readiness to deposit balance sale consideration with trial Court even within extended time of 2 months - He never moved any application for extension of time - Executing Court wrongly assumed that time stands extended once..........
Agreement to sell -- Specific performance - Readiness and willingness - Plaintiff deposited balance sale consideration in Court after seven years after the date by which the sale had to be concluded - No evidence led by plaintiff how he was in a position to pay or make arrangements for payment of balance sale consideration within time - Careful study of balance sheet of..........
Stamp Act, 1899, Article 47A -- Deficient stamp duty - Suit for specific performance - Subject document is `house sale deed', as total sale consideration was paid - It is not an agreement of sale - Said unregistered document is inadmissible in evidence unless and until deficit stamp duty is paid - Court below thus, rightly directed plaintiff to pay deficient stamp duty and..........
Specific Relief Act, 1963, Section 28 -- Decree for specific performance - Extension of time to deposit balance sale consideration - Trial Court in its discretion granted extension of time for depositing balance sale consideration assigning cogent reasons - Plaintiff deposited the balance sale consideration and sale deed was executed in his favour - High Court therefore,..........
Agreement to sell -- Specific performance - Plaintiff paid 80% of entire sale consideration to defendants and were ready to pay remaining sale consideration - Even, plaintiffs presented themselves in the office of Sub-Registrar for getting sale deed registered and executed - Plaintiffs were indeed ready and willing to perform their part of agreement to sell - Suit rightly..........
Agreement to sell -- Specific performance - Merely because sale agreement had fixed three years period for payment of balance sale consideration of Rs.10,000/- by plaintiff, that by itself will not be a ground to deny relief of specific performance...........
