Supreme Court of India

Sumtibai & Others v. Paras Finance Co. Regd. Partnership Firm Beawer(raj.)thru Smt. Mankanwar W/o Parasmal Chordia (dead) & Ors.

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Reported as [2007] 10 S.C.R. 543

Bench A.K. Mathur and Markandey Kat Ju JJ.

Decided 4 October 2007

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What the Court ordered

In view of the aforesaid decisions we are of the opinion that Kasturi 's case (supra) is clearly distinguishable.

Judgment, page 8

From the headnote

Code of Civil Procedure, 1908-0. 22 R. 4(2) r/w 0. 1 R. JO- Application under, by legal representatives-Maintainability of-Suit ·for specific performance of contract of sale-During pendency, death df purchaser-Legal representatives impleaded, however their application to file additional written statement rejected-Correctness of-Held: Property was purchased in favour of the deceased and his sons-They had semblance of title and are not mere busybodies or interlopers-Merely allowing them to be impleaded but not allowing them to file additional written statement would violate natural

Authorities it was built on

2002 Bhavnagar University v. Palitana Sugar Mill Pvt, Ltd. and Ors. cited by 69
2005 Kasturi v. Iyyamperumal and Ors. cited by 10

Where later benches applied it

2025 M/s J N Real Estate v. Shailendra Pradhan & Ors. referred to
2016 M/s Umesh Goel v. Himachal Pradesh Cooperative Group Housing Society Ltd. referred to
2013 Subhash Popatlal Dave v. Union of India & Anr. mentioned
2012 Subhash Popatlal Dave v. Union of India and Anr. mentioned
2010 Mumbai International Airport Pvt. Ltd. v. Regency Convention Centre & Hotels Pvt. Ltd. mentioned
2018 Hari Mohan Sharma & Anr. v. Charanjeet Singh Rekhi & Ors. Etc. distinguished

Of those, 1 distinguished · 2 referred to · 3 mentioned

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