Supreme Court of India

Kapilaben & Ors. v. Ashok Kumar Jayantilal Sheth through Poa Gopalbhai Madhusudan Patel & Ors.

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Reported as [2019] 17 S.C.R. 247
Bench Mohan M. Shantanagoudar and Aniruddha Bose JJ.
Decided 25 November 2019

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What the Court ordered

We are of the opinion that the term ‘name proposed by the vendee’ in the 1986 agreement refers to a nominee to be pro posed at the time of execution of the sale deed and not a subsequent a ssignee.

Judgment, page 21

From the headnote

Specific Performance: Specific performance of contract – Agreement to sel l disputed property in the year 1986 between original vendor and original vendees – Sale was to be executed upon rec eipt of remaining consideration from the original vendees within s tipulated time – The original vendees thereafter in the year 1 987 executed four agreements to sell the four different portions of the property in dispute to the vendees in the present case (i.e. resp ondent Nos.1) – The vendees under 1987 agreement were required to start a housing project on the land in question – Suit for specific

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