Supreme Court of India

Govind Prasad Chaturvedi v. Hari Dutt Shastri and Another

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Reported as [1977] 2 S.C.R. 877
Bench A. N. Ray, M. H. Beg and P. S. Kailasam JJ.
Decided 28 January 1977

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Contract Act-contract relating to sale of immovable property -What is the normal presumption regarding stipulation of time-Whether presumption is dis­ placable-Whether the question of time being the essence ef a contract can be raised befor,, the HiJ?h Court for the first time in appeal. The appellants entered into an agreement with the respondents on March 24, 1964, for purchasing the suit property belonging to the latter. 'The terms of the agreement provided that the appellant would get the sale deed executed upto May 24, 1964, and in case of his failure to do so, the earnest money paid by

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