Supreme Court of India
L.S. Sikandar (d) by Lrs. & Ors. v. K. Subramani & Ors.
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What the Court ordered
We hold that the grant of the decree for specific performance by the High Court in the impugned judgment is wholly unsustainable in law.
Judgment, page 31
From the headnote
Specific Relief Act, 1963- ss. 16(c) and 20- Decree of specific performance - Grant of- Discretionary power of Court- Court to c see conduct of the party as well as the attending circumstances of the case - Suit for specific petiormance of the agreement of sale and for grant of decree of permanent injunction - Trial court held that 5th defendant was owner of the suit property pursuant to sale .deed in question and was entitled to take possession of the same from the plaintiff--High Court ri;;versed the decree, granting decree · for specific petiormance of the agreement of Sale in favour of
Authorities it was built on
- 2003 Manjunath Anandappa Urf. Shivappa Hanasi v. Tammanasa and Ors.
- 1995 N.P. Thirugnanam (d) by L.rs. v. Dr. R. Jagan Mohan Rao and Ors.
- 1996 His Holiness Acharya Swami Ganesh Dassji v. Sh. Sita Ram Thapar
- 2007 M.M.S. Investments, Madurai and Ors. v. V. Veerappan and Ors.
- 1996 M/s P.R. Deb and Associates v. Sunanda Roy
- 1961 International Contractors Ltd. v. Prasanta Kumar Sur.
- 1988 Jawaharlal Wadhwa and Another v. Haripada Chakroberty
Where later benches applied it
- 2025 Sangita Sinha v. Bhawana Bhardwaj and Ors.
- 2024 R. Kandasamy (since Dead) & Ors. v. T.R.K. Sarawathy & Anr.
- 2023 Ramathal and Ors. v. K. Rajamani (dead) through Lrs. and Anr.
- 2022 G.T. Girish v. Y. Subba Raju (d) by Lrs and Another
- 2018 Kalawati (d) through Lrs. & Ors. v. Rakesh Kumar & Ors.
- 2026 V.n.a.s.chandran v. Mrs. S. Venilla and Ors.
- 2025 K.S. Manjunath and Others v. Moorasavirappa @ Muttanna Chennappa Batil, Since Deceased by His Lrs and Other
Of those, 1 distinguished · 5 referred to · 1 mentioned
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