Supreme Court of India

Satya Jain (d) Thr. Lrs. & Ors. v. Anis Ahmed Rushdie (d) Tr.lrs. & Ors.

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Reported as [2013] 3 S.C.R. 319

Bench P. Sathasivam and Ranjan Gogoi JJ.

Decided 3 December 2012

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Specific Performance: Agreement to sell - Suit by purchaser, for specific c , performance of agreement - Decreed by trial court - High Court reversed the decree - Held: Purchaser was, at all times, ready and willing to perform his part of the contract - It was the seller who defaulted in execution of sale deed -Insistence of the seller on further payments by the purchaser directly to him and not to the Income Tax Authorities was not justified - Purchaser was not obliged to make any further payment to seller apart from payment of earnest money - Purchaser entitled to decree of specific

Authorities it was built on

2004 P. D'souza v. Shondrilo Naidu cited by 14
1995 N.P. Thirugnanam (d) by L.rs. v. Dr. R. Jagan Mohan Rao and Ors. cited by 11
1970 R. C. Chandiok & Anr. v. Chuni Lal Sabharwal & Ors. cited by 10
2010 M/s J.P. Builders & Anr. v. A. Ramadas Rao & Anr. cited by 7
2008 United India Insurance Company Ltd. v. Manubhai Dharmasinhabhai Gajera & Ors. cited by 2

Where later benches applied it

2022 Shenbagam & Ors. v. Kk Rathinavel relied on
2018 Transmission Corporation of Andhra Pradesh Ltd. and Others v. M/s. Gmr Vemagiri Power Generation Ltd. and Another relied on
2017 Nabha Power Limited (npl) v. Punjab State Power Corporation Limited (pspcl) & Anr. relied on
2017 Chrisomar Corporation v. Mjr Steels Private Limited & Anr. relied on
2025 K.S. Manjunath and Others v. Moorasavirappa @ Muttanna Chennappa Batil, Since Deceased by His Lrs and Other referred to
2020 Pawan Kumar Arya and Others v. Ravi Kumar Arya and Others referred to
2019 Caretel Infotech Ltd. v. Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited & Ors. referred to
2014 Zarina Siddiqui v. A. Ramalingamalias R.amarnathan referred to
2014 Rajinder Kumar v. Shri Kuldeep Singh & Others referred to

Of those, 4 relied on · 5 referred to

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