Specific Relief Act, 1963, Section 28 -- Decree for specific performance - Principles guiding the exercise of power u/s 28 of the Act are : (i) decree for specific performance of a contract is in the nature of a preliminary decree and therefore, till deed is executed pursuant to decree, Court that passed the decree is vested with jurisdiction to either rescind the..........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 6, Rule 17, Specific Relief Act, 1963, Section 22 -- Amendment of plaint - Suit for specific performance - Amendment sought for refund of earnest money - Plaintiff has specifically sought decree for recovery of Rs.20 lakh double the amount of earnest money in the alternative though inadvertently same could not be sought in prayer clause -..........
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..........
Agreement to sell -- Termination - Suit for specific performance - Where agreement was terminated by seller, there should be a prayer for declaration that termination of agreement for sale is bad in law, or that it does not bind plaintiff and in absence of such a prayer, suit filed for specific performance will not be maintainable...........
Agreement to sell -- Specific performance - Seller issued a letter cancelling agreement to sell prior to institution of suit - Suit for specific performance is not maintainable in absence of a prayer for declaratory relief that termination/cancellation of agreement is bad in law...........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 6, Rule 17, Specific Relief Act, 1963, Section 22 -- Amendment of plaint - Suit for specific performance - Amendment of plaint to seek alternative prayer of refund of earnest money - While filing suit for specific performance, plaintiff is to be permitted to seek relief of possession, partition, refund of earnest money and other connected..........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 23, Rule 1 -- Withdrawal of suit - Compromise - Refund of Court fee - Petitioner filed the suit for specific performance and permanent injunction - However, suit was compromised but plaintiff failed to establish the facts mentioned in compromise - Compromise could not be accepted - But prayer of withdrawal of suit deserve acceptance was..........
Agreement to sell -- Specific performance - Grant of alternative relief of refund of earnest money - Such relief can only be granted if there is prayer for such relief either at the time of filing of suit or by way of amendment - Prayer clause is a sine qua non for grant of decree of refund of earnest money. (Specific Relief Act, 1963, S.22)...........
Agreement to sell -- Specific performance - Plaintiff failed to establish that he is possessing sufficient money to settle amounts in favour of defendant and bank statement of plaintiff shows that he was possessing only Rs.800 in his account - Relief of specific performance not granted to plaintiff - However, there is no prayer for alternate relief in suit, but Court..........
Specific Relief Act, 1963, Section 37, 38 -- Suit for injunction - Entire suit based on an agreement to sell - No prayer for grant of specific performance - In the absence of main relief, i.e. specific performance of contract, no ancillary relief in the form of an injunction can be granted...........
