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Supreme Court judgments on Specific Relief Act, 1963

43 judgments, latest first, from 2018 to 2026. Listed when the Supreme Court Reports file the judgment's headnote under this Act, as printed at the start of the headnote. Judgments that only mention it in passing are not listed.

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Cancellation of sale deed 25
Sughar Singh vs Hari Singh (Dead) through Lrs. & Ors.
SC · 26 October 2021
[2021] 10 S.C.R. 287 : 2021 INSC 672
Specific Relief Act, 1963: s.20 – Discretion under – Exercise of, scope – Held: Discretion under s.20 of the Act is required to be exercised judiciously, soundly and reasonably – Plaintiff cannot be punished by refusing…
Sukhbir vs Ajit Singh
SC · 30 April 2021
[2021] 4 S.C.R. 169 : 2021 INSC 279
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 agree…
Ferrodous Estates (Pvt.) Ltd. vs P. Gopirathnam (Dead) & Ors.
SC · 12 October 2020
[2020] 13 S.C.R. 673 : 2020 INSC 586
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(represented by respondents) in 1980 – Necessary permissions from the competent authority under the 1978 Act (later repealed by…
C.S. Venkatesh vs A.S.C. Murthy (D) by Lrs. & Ors.
SC · 7 February 2020
[2020] 2 S.C.R. 676 : 2020 INSC 143
Specific Relief Act, 1963 – s.16(c) – Plaintiff (since deceased) alleged that site in question was allotted in his favour – He commenced construction of building thereon – Since he did not have sufficient funds, defendan…
Ravi Setia vs Madan Lal and Others
SC · 4 October 2019
[2019] 13 S.C.R. 938 : 2019 INSC 1124
Specific Relief Act, 1963: s.16(1)(c) – Suit for specific performance of contract – Readiness and willingness of plaintiff to perform his part of contract – Defendants 1 to 3 agreed to sell land in question to plaintiff…
Surinder Kaur (D) Thr. Lr. Jasinderjit a Singh (D) Thr. Lrs. vs Bahadur Singh (D) Thr. Lrs.
SC · 11 September 2019
[2019] 12 S.C.R. 137 : 2019 INSC 1016
Specific Relief Act, 1963 – s.16(c) – Performance of the essential terms of the contract – Predecessor-in-interest of the appellants entered into an agreement to sell the suit land with predecessor-in-interest of the res…
Surinder Pal Soni vs Sohan Lal (D) Thru Lrs .
SC · 23 July 2019
[2019] 9 S.C.R. 1036 : 2019 INSC 797
Specific Relief Act, 1963: s.28 – Suit for specific performance by appellant – Decree in respect of suit land except for land bearing 2 karnals – The appellant-decree holder and respondents-judgment debtors filed appeals…
Mehboob-Ur-Rehman (Dead) through Lrs. vs Ahsanul Ghani
SC · 15 February 2019
[2019] 2 S.C.R. 169 : 2019 INSC 204
Specific Relief Act, 1963: ss. 14 and 16 – Relief of specific performance – Personal bars to the relief – Suit for specific performance of agreement for sale of property by plaintiff against the defendant – Decreed by th…
Balkrishna Dattatraya Galande vs Balkrishna Rambharose Gupta and Another
SC · 6 February 2019
[2019] 2 S.C.R. 791 : 2019 INSC 153
Specific Relief Act, 1963: s. 38 – Suit under – Seeking permanent injunction against the defendant – Claiming to be in actual possession of the suit property being the tenant thereof – Defendant-Landlord’s case was that…
Sushil Kumar Agarwal vs Meenakshi Sadhu & Ors.
SC · 9 October 2018
[2018] 12 S.C.R. 756 : 2018 INSC 939
Specific Relief Act, 1963 – s.14(3)(c)(i) and (ii) – Specific performance of contract under – Appellant-developer and predecessor-in-interest of the respondents entered into a development agreement for construction of a…
Dinesh Singh Thakur vs Sonal Thakur
SC · 17 April 2018
[2018] 3 S.C.R. 469 : 2018 INSC 356
Specific Relief Act, 1963: s.41 – Injunction – Refusal of – When – Petition u/ss. 13 and 26 of Hindu Marriage Act – By husband – Pending adjudication, petition seeking divorce filed by wife in the Court in USA – Suit fil…
Shivaji Yallappa Patil vs Sri Ranajeet Appasaheb Patil & Others
SC · 16 April 2018
[2018] 6 S.C.R. 739 : 2018 INSC 342
Specific Relief Act, 1963 – s.20 – Case of Respondents Nos.1 & 2 that four joint owners of a land agreed to sell their respective shares to them – Two joint owners expired – Respondent No.3,wife of one of the expired joi…
Urmila Devi and Others vs The Deity, Mandir Shree Chamunda Devi, through Temple Commissioner and Others
SC · 10 January 2018
[2018] 1 S.C.R. 797 : 2018 INSC 16
Specific Relief Act, 1963: s.21 – Compensation in certain cases – Respondent no.2 to 6 (defendant no 1 to 5) agreed to sell land to predecessor-in-interest of appellants who paid full consideration and took possession of…

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