Supreme Court of India

R Lakshmikantham v. Devaraji

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Bench R. F. Nariman and Surya Kant JJ.
Decided 10 July 2019

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Contract – Specific performance of – Parties entered into an agreement to sell a suit property for Rs. 3.65 lakhs – Plaintiff paid Rs.5000/- on the date of signing the agreement – Thereafter, he further made the payment of Rs.60,000/- – Clause 3 of the agreement required that balance sale consideration to be paid within 3 months from the date of the agreement – Clause 5 of the agreement also required seller to obtain the original title documents of the suit property from the mortgagee after clearing mortgage – Plaintiff alleged that defendant was attempting to wriggle out of the agreement and…

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