Supreme Court of India

Ramesh Chand (dead) through L.rs. v. Asruddin (dead) through Lrsandanother

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Reported as [2015] 10 S.C.R. 604
Bench Dipak Misra and Prafulla C. Pant JJ.
Decided 6 October 2015

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What the Court ordered

We are of the view that mere refund of rupees four lacs with interest at the rate of 8% per annum, as directed by the trial court, would be highly insufficient.

Judgment, page 7

From the headnote

Specific Relief Act, 1963: s. 20- Jurisdiction under; scope - In the instant case, plaintiff's case was that he entered into an agreement with defendaTJt no. 1 on 21.06.2004 to purchase land for Rs. 6 lacs- Defendant no. 1 accepted Rs. 4 lacs as earnest money- It was agreed that suit land which was mortgaged with defendant no. 2 would be redeemed by defendant no. 1 before execution of the sale deed - Non-execution of sale deed by defendant no. 1 - Suit for specific performance of contract - Defendant no. 1 denied the execution of agreement dated 21. 06.2004 on the ground that he had already

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