Supreme Court of India

M/s. Greater Ashoka and Land Development Company v. Kanti Prasad Jain (d) through Lrs.

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Reported as [2023] 16 S.C.R. 933
Bench Vikram Nath and Rajesh Bindal JJ.
Decided 6 December 2023

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Issue for consideration: Whether in a matter pertaining to specifi c performance of the contract for allotment of plot, the refund of ea rnest money after a period of sixty years was reasonable. Specifi c performance – Contract for allotment of pl ot – Suit for specifi c performance of the contract – Decreed by the trial court directing execution of sale deed – However, set aside by the lower appellate court, directing refund of earnest money with interest – High Court set aside the said order passed by the lower appellate c ourt, upholding that of the trial court – Correctness: Held: Perusal of

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