Supreme Court · 2007 INSC 167 · Decided 20 February 2007
P.S. Ranakrishna Reddy v. M.K. Bhagyalakshmi and ANR.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2007 INSC 167 · [2007] 2 S.C.R. 876
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 6925/2000
- Decided
- 20 February 2007
- Bench
- S.B. SINHA, MARKANDEY KATJU (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Specific Relief Act Section 20
Headnote
' I Specific Relief Act, 1963-Section 20-Specific performance-Landord took loan from tenant, Thereafter parties entering into sale agreement and_ 'y- ·~ c loan amount taken as advance amount-Suit for specific prformance of sale agreement-Document to be construed as agreement for sale or was not meant to be acted upon-In case of any breach by the buyer- tenant, seller-landlord could forfeit advance amount-As such parties intended to lay down their rights and obligations under the contract explicitly-Thus D agre~ment was an agreement for sale-Deeds and documents-Interpretation of
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