Supreme Court · 2021 INSC 279 · Decided 30 April 2021
Sukhbir v. Ajit Singh
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2021 INSC 279 · [2021] 4 S.C.R. 169
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 1653/2021
- Decided
- 30 April 2021
- Bench
- D.Y. CHANDRACHUD, M.R. SHAH (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Case Partly allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Specific Relief Act Section 21; Land Acquisition Act
Headnote
Specific Relief Act, 1963: s.21 - Power to award compensation - Agreement to sell land - Plaintiff-purchaser paid Rs.31.5 lakhs out of Rs.32 lakhs - Failure on part of defendant to execute sale deed in terms of the agreement of sale - Suit for specific performance under Land Acquisition Act - Trial court passed decree for specific performance directing defendant to execute sale deed on receiving balance consideration - First appellate court upheld the order of trial court - High Court held that plaintiff shall be deemed to have stepped
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