Supreme Court of India

Bombay Garage Ahmedabad Limited v. J P Iscon Private Ltd.

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Bench J.B. Pardiwala and K. Vinod Chandran JJ.
Decided 29 September 2026

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What the Court ordered

We are of the opinion that the plaintiff has failed to establish a concluded contract and the Trial Court, and the First Appellate Court have egregiously erred in granting specific relief, which findings borders on perversity.

Judgment, page 30

In brief

The plaintiff company claimed a concluded oral agreement with the first defendant company for purchase of its land, allegedly arrived at over two or three meetings in which the price was fixed at Rs.18,51,00,000/- and later raised to Rs.20,50,00,000/-, with Rs.11,000/- and Rs.5,00,000/- paid in cash as token advance and a cheque for Rs.5,00,00,000/- handed over; the cheque was never presented for encashment. Negotiations were conducted largely through the 6th defendant, the son-in-law of the 9th defendant, who held no office in and produced no authority from the company.…

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