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Ferrodous Estates (pvt.) Ltd. v. P. Gopirathnam (dead) & Ors.

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Bench R. F. Nariman and Navin Sinha JJ.
Decided 12 October 2020

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What the Court ordered

We are of the considered opinion that the impugned order [A. Ramalingam v.

Judgment, page 48

From the headnote

Specific Relief Act, 1963 – Agreement to sell entered into between appellant and defendants (represented by respondents) in 1980 – Necessary permissions from the competent authority under the 1978 Act (later repealed by 1999 Repeal Act) not obtained by the defendants – Appellant filed suit for specific performance – Decreed by Single Judge – In first appeal, Division Bench referred the matter to a Full Bench on various questions – Full Bench inter alia holding that s.6, 1978 Act prohibited even agreements to sell, declared law inter-parties and the matter went back to Division Bench – Division Bench remanded the matter to Single Judge who inter alia recorded a finding that the suit property stood as excess lands within the meaning of the 1978 Act before it was repealed…

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Where later benches applied it

Of those, 2 referred to · 1 mentioned

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