Supreme Court of India

Shenbagam & Ors. v. Kk Rathinavel

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Reported as [2022] 1 S.C.R. 346
Bench Dr. Dhananjaya Y Chandrachud and A. S. Bopanna JJ.
Decided 20 January 2022

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What the Court ordered

For the above reasons, we allow the appeal and set aside the judgment dated 7 January 2019 of the High Court of Judicatu re at Madras.

Judgment, page 27

From the headnote

Specific Relief Act: s.16 – Bars to the relief of s pecific performance – Held: s.16 provides certain bars to t he relief of specific performance – These include, inter alia, a pers on who fails to aver and prove that he has performed or has always been ‘ready and willing’ to perform the essential terms of the contract which are to be performed by him, other than terms the performance of which has been prevented and waived by the defendant. Specific performance: Conduct of the parties – General ly in an agreement for sale of immovable property, time i s not of the essence – In deciding

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