Supreme Court of India

Shri Rajendra Lalitkumar Agrawal v. Smt. Ratna Ashok Muranjan & Anr.

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Reported as [2019] 1 S.C.R. 815
Bench Abhay Manohar Sapre and Dinesh Maheshwari JJ.
Decided 31 January 2019

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What the Court ordered

We are of the considered view that the High Court was not right in holding tha t the appeal does not involve any substantial question of law within the meaning of Section 100 of the Code.

Judgment, page 4

From the headnote

Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 – s. 100(4), (5) – Se cond appeal – Substantial question of law – On facts, sui t for specific performance of contract on basis of an agreement – Decreed by the trial court, however, set aside by the first Appellat e Court – In second appeal, dismissal by the High Court on the gr ound that it does not involve any substantial question of law – Justificat ion of – Held: Interpretation of any terms and conditions of a document such as the agreement which is admitted by the parties, c onstitutes a substantial question of law within the meaning of s.100 – High Court

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