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Supreme Court judgments on Section 16, Specific Relief Act, 1963

10 judgments, latest first, from 2019 to 2024. Listed when the Supreme Court Reports file the judgment's headnote under Section 16 of this Act, as printed at the start of the headnote. Judgments that only mention it in passing are not listed.

R. Shama Naik vs G. Srinivasiah
SC · 28 November 2024
[2024] 11 S.C.R. 1325 : 2024 INSC 927
Whether plaintiff failed to establish that he was always ready and willing to perform his part of the contract.
Janardan Das & Ors. vs Durga Prasad Agarwalla & Ors.
SC · 26 September 2024
[2024] 9 S.C.R. 947 : 2024 INSC 778
Issue arose as to whether the plaintiffs proved their continuous readiness and willingness to perform their part of the contract as mandated u/s.16(c) of the Specific Relief Act, 1963; whether the agreement to sell was v…
P. Ravindranath & Anr. vs Sasikala & Ors.
SC · 15 July 2024
[2024] 7 S.C.R. 1347 : 2024 INSC 533
Parties entered into an agreement to sell for sale of a property. Defendant no.1 sent various notices to plaintiffs to execute the sale deed. However, plaintiffs did not execute the sale deed. Thereafter, defendants exec…
Gaddipati Divija & Anr. vs Pathuri Samrajyam & Ors.
SC · 18 April 2023
[2023] 3 S.C.R. 802 : 2023 INSC 385
Specific Relief Act, 1963 – s. 16 – 2018 amendment – Specific Performance – Father of appellants executed an agreement of sale with respondent no. 1-plaintiff, whereby he agreed to sell the suit schedule property measuri…
P. Daivasigamani vs S. Sambandan
SC · 12 October 2022
[2022] 18 S.C.R. 199 : 2022 INSC 1070
Specific Relief Act, 1963 – Ss. 10, 16 & 20 – Agreement to sell – default to perform contract – readiness and willingness – delay in filing of suit – Appellant entered into an agreement to sale with the respondent in the…
U.N. Krishnamurthy (Since Deceased) Thr. Lrs. vs A. M. Krishnamurthy
SC · 12 July 2022
[2022] 13 S.C.R. 250 : 2022 INSC 714
Specific Relief Act, 1963 – s.16 (prior to amendment w.e.f 1.10.2018) – Readiness and willingness to perform – Both ingredients necessary for the relief of specific performance – Suit for specific performance of an agree…
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…
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…

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