Supreme Court of India

Gurdial Kaur (d) through Lrs. v. Piara Singh (d) through Lrs.

Neutral citation
Reported as [2008] 5 S.C.R. 163
Bench S.B. Sinha and V.S. Sirpurkar JJ.
Decided 14 March 2008

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What the Court ordered

We are of the opinion that the Court of First Appeal was right in holding that he was ready and willing to perform his part of the contract.

Judgment, page 17

From the headnote

Specific Relief Act, 1963 - ss. 12, 16 ( c ), 20 and 28 - Agreement of sale - Failure to execute sale deed - Suit for specific performance of contract - Subsequent change in the c revenue survey numbers in respect of the land in question - Trial court denying decree of specific performance holding that vendee failed to comply with requirements of s. 16 (c) having failed to state that he was always ready and willing - However directed refund of the advance amount paid by the vendee - First appellate court denying the decree of specific ~· performance on the ground that there was failure to

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