Supreme Court of India

A. Valliammai v. K.P. Murali and Others

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Reported as [2023] 12 S.C.R. 183
Bench Sanjiv Khanna and Bela M. Trivedi JJ.
Decided 12 September 2023

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What the Court ordered

For the aforesaid reasons, the 3-year limitation period to fi le a suit for specifi c performance commenced as early as when the K. Sriram had fi led suit for injunction on 15.07.1991.

Judgment, page 13

From the headnote

Issue for consideration: Whether the suit for specifi c performance was barred by limitation and if the High Court erred in affi rming the judgment and decree of specifi c performance passed by the trial court. Specifi c Performance – No time fi xed for performance of contract – Suit for specifi c performance – Limitation – Limitation Act, 1963 – Article 54 – Applicability: Held: Article 54 of Part II of the Schedule to the Limitation ct stipulates the limitation period for fi ling a suit for specifi c performance as three years from the date fi xed for performance, and in alternative when no date is fi

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