Supreme Court · 1996 INSC 347 · Decided 1 March 1996
M/S P.R. Deb and Associates v. Sunanda Roy
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1996 INSC 347 · [1996] 3 S.C.R. 163
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 4631/1993
- Decided
- 1 March 1996
- Bench
- FAIZAN UDDIN, SUJATA V. MANOHAR (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Disposed off
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Specific Relief Act
Headnote
Specific Relief Act, 1963-Section J(}-Specific Perfonnance-Suit fo,-P/aintiff must be ready and willing to carry out his part of the agreement at all material times-Otherwise suit cannot be decreed for specific perfor­ mance. The appellant, owner of certain immovable property, agreed to sell agreement a sum of Rs. 25,000 was to be paid at the time of execution of the agreement and a further sum of Rs. 4 lakhs within five months from the date of the agreement and the balance amount at the time D of conclusion of the purchase, time-being of the essence of the contract; that the
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