Supreme Court of India
Smt. Sarita Dokania and Anr.etc. v. Smt. Krishna Dey and Anr.
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In view of the above, we allow the appeals to this limited 8 extent.
Judgment, page 4
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Interest - On earnest money - Suits for specific performance of agreement - Decreed by trial court - Decree modified by High Court declining the relief of specific performance and granting the alternative relief of refund of earnest money - On appeal to Supreme Court notice issued limited on the question of interest on earnest money - Plea of vendor that vendee was not entitled to interest because the vendor had immediately after the agreement had offered to refund the earnest money - Held: Vendor was liable to pay interest on the earnest money from the date of its receipt - The vendors in
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