Supreme Court · 1995 INSC 57 · Decided 18 January 1995
Gian Chand v. Gopala and ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1995 INSC 57 · [1995] 1 S.C.R. 412
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 4710/1992
- Decided
- 18 January 1995
- Bench
- K. RAMASWAMY, N. VENKATACHALA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Contract Act Section 33; Land Acquisition Act Section 4(1)
Headnote
+· v. GOPALA AND ORS. JANUARY 18, 1995 B [K. RAMASWAMY AND N. VENKATACHALA, JJ.) Contract Act, 1872--Section 33-Contingent contract-Agreement to purchase lan~amest money paid-Notification u/s 4(1) Land Acquisition Act already published-Whether vendee entitled to obtain refund of earnest The sale deed was to be executed D on or before 30-4-1978. The appellant came to know that notification u/s 4(1) of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 was published on 3.8.1977 which fact was concealed from the appellant. He filed a suit for refund of the earnest money. The Trial Court decreed the
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