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K.S. Manjunath and Others v. Moorasavirappa @ Muttanna Chennappa Batil, Since Deceased by His Lrs and Other

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Reported as [2025] 12 S.C.R. 43
Bench J.B. Pardiwala and R. Mahadevan JJ.
Decided 10 November 2025

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What the Court ordered

We hold that the issue of limitation raised by the subsequent purchasers is untenable and stands concluded against them.

Judgment, page 79

From the headnote

Issue for Consideration Whether the High Court committed any error in passing the impugned judgment whereby it allowed the appeals filed by the vendees and set aside the decree passed by the Trial Court, while granting the relief of specific performance of Agreement to Sell executed by the Original Vendors in favour of the Original Vendees and holding the Appellants-Subsequent Purchasers not to be the bona fide purchasers of the subject land for value without notice. Headnotes† Specific Relief Act, 1963 – Unilateral termination of the agreement to sell by one party – Impermissible, except

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