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Supreme Court and High Courts judgments on Specific performance

174 judgments, latest first, from 2018 to 2026. A judgment is listed here when its headnote names this subject: the Supreme Court Reports' own headnote (naming the subject), or an AI-written headnote that was reviewed and approved. A mention in the full text alone does not count, and criminal cases are not listed under this subject.

Case Details the Koushik Mutually Aided Cooperative Housing Society vs Ameena Begum & Another
SC · 1 December 2023
[2023] 15 S.C.R. 841 : 2023 INSC 1065
Application filed by the Respondent seeking condonation of delay in filing the petition to set aside the ex-parte decree was dismissed by Trial Court. Consequently, the petition filed under Order IX Rule 13 CPC seeking s…
Case Details Eldeco Housing and Industries Limited vs Ashok Vidyarthi and Others
SC · 30 November 2023
[2023] 16 S.C.R. 872 : 2023 INSC 1043
A suit for specific performance was filed seeking enforcement of MoU dated 31.08.1998. It is in the aforesaid suit that application was filed by respondent No. 1 under Order VII Rule 11(d) CPC for rejection of the plaint…
Vijay vs Union of India & Ors.
SC · 29 November 2023
[2023] 15 S.C.R. 293 : 2023 INSC 1030
Whether the bar of admissibility created by s.35, Stamp Act 1899 applies to the agreement(s) to sell dtd. 04.02.1988 executed by the parties; can a copy of a document be adduced as secondary evidence when the original in…
Case Details Sabbir (Dead) through Lrs vs Anjuman (Since Deceased) through Lrs.
SC · 22 September 2023
[2023] 13 S.C.R. 1127 : 2023 INSC 898
(i) Whether the suit for specific performance was filed within the period of limitation; (ii) Whether the respondents were ready and willing to perform their part of the contract. Suit – Specific performance – Limitation…
A. Valliammai vs K.P. Murali and Others
SC · 12 September 2023
[2023] 12 S.C.R. 183 : 2023 INSC 823
Whether the suit for specific performance was barred by limitation and if the High Court erred in affirming the judgment and decree of specific performance passed by the trial court. Specific Performance – No time fixed…
T. D. Vivek Kumar & Anr. vs Ranbir Chaudhary
SC · 28 April 2023
[2023] 4 S.C.R. 540 : 2023 INSC 462
Specific Relief – Denial of – Appellants (original defendants), entered into a “sale agreement” with the respondent (original plaintiff) for the sale of a plot of land – A total amount of Rs. 2 lakh was paid as earnest m…
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…
Punjab and Sind Bank vs Frontline Corporation Ltd.
SC · 18 April 2023
[2023] 4 S.C.R. 858 : 2023 INSC 386
PUNJAB AND SIND BANK v. FRONTLINE CORPORATION LTD. (Civil Appeal No.2924 of 2023) APRIL 18, 2023 [B. R. GAVAI AND ARAVIND KUMAR, JJ.] Securitisation and Reconstruction of Financial Assets and Enforcement of Security Inte…
R. Hemalatha vs Kashthuri
SC · 10 April 2023
[2023] 2 S.C.R. 834 : 2023 INSC 336
Registration Act, 1908 – ss.17(1A), Proviso to s.49 – Specific Relief Act, 1877 – Chapter-II – Suit for specific performance – Unregistered Agreement to Sell – Admissibility in evidence – Held: As per proviso to s.49, an…
P. Shyamala vs Gundlur Masthan
SC · 24 February 2023
[2023] 3 S.C.R. 35 : 2023 INSC 162
Specific Relief Act, 1963 : s. 28 – Rescission of agreement to sell, the specific performance of which is decreed – On facts, agreement to sell the suit property between the late mother of the appellant and the responden…
C. Haridasan vs Anappath Parakkattu Vasudeva Kurup & Others
SC · 13 January 2023
[2023] 3 S.C.R. 244 : 2023 INSC 37
C. HARIDASAN v. ANAPPATH PARAKKATTU VASUDEVA KURUP & OTHERS (Civil appeal no. 4072 of 2022) JANUARY 13, 2023 [M. R. SHAH AND B. V. NAGARATHNA, JJ.] Specific Relief Act, 1963 : ss. 10, 16(c), 20 – Discretion as to decreei…
Basavaraj vs Padmavathi & Anr.
SC · 5 January 2023
[2023] 1 S.C.R. 231 : 2023 INSC 19
Specific performance – Suit for specific performance – Respondent No.1 executed agreement to sell dated 13.03.2007 in favour of appellant-buyer agreeing to sell the land in question on or before 31.07.2007 for a sale con…
Desh Raj & Ors. vs Rohtash Singh
SC · 14 December 2022
[2022] 18 S.C.R. 65 : 2022 INSC 1279
Contract Act, 1872: s. 55, 74 – Specific Relief Act - s. 22 – Specific performance of agreement - Effect of failure to perform at fixed time, in contract in which time is essential – Refund of earnest money – Appellants,…
Mahesh Govindji Trivedi vs Bakul Maganlal Vyas & Ors.
SC · 12 October 2022
[2022] 16 S.C.R. 565 : 2022 INSC 1072
Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 – Or.VIII, r.6-A – Counterclaim by defendant – Bombay High Court Rules – r.95 – Suit for specific performance filed by respondent-plaintiff – Notice of motion moved by the appellant-defendan…
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…
Moreshar S/O Yadaorao Mahajan vs Vyankatesh Sitaram Bhedi (D) Thr. Lrs. and Others
SC · 27 September 2022
[2022] 7 S.C.R. 259 : 2022 INSC 1027
Suit – Necessary party – Non-joinder of – Suit, if maintainable – Plaintiff filed suit for specific performance admitting that the suit property was jointly owned by defendant, his wife and three sons – However, trial co…
Kolli Satyanarayana (Dead) by Lrs. vs Valuripalli Kesava Rao Chowdary (Dead) Thr. Lrs. and Others
SC · 27 September 2022
[2022] 7 S.C.R. 330 : 2022 INSC 1026
Specific performance: Sale agreement – Decree for specific performance – Time limit specified in the agreement – Significance of – Held: When the parties prescribe certain time limit for taking steps by one or the other…
Balram Singh vs Kelo Devi
SC · 23 September 2022
[2022] 7 S.C.R. 226 : 2022 INSC 1011
Deeds and Documents – Unregistered agreement to sell – Suit filed for permanent injunction instead of specific performance of the agreement to sell – Clever drafting – Respondent filed suit for permanent injunction on th…
Vijay Kumar Goyal (Dead) Thr. Lr. vs Neena Rani & Ors.
SC · 16 September 2022
[2022] 7 S.C.R. 207 : 2022 INSC 969
Indian Stamp Act – Entry No.5 of Schedule 1-A as amended by State of Punjab – When not applicable – Suit filed by appellantoriginal plaintiff for specific performance of Memorandum of Agreement and agreement to sell – Pl…
Raman (Dead) by Lrs. vs R. Natarajan
SC · 13 September 2022
[2022] 11 S.C.R. 227 : 2022 INSC 954
Specific Relief Act, 1963 – s.12, 13(1)(b) – Limitation Act, 1963 – s.18(1), Art.54 – Suit for specific performance involving third party – Grant of decree for specific performance – Correctness of – Held: High Court oug…
M/s. Shivali Enterprises vs Smt. Godawari (Deceased) Thr. Lrs. and Others
SC · 13 September 2022
[2022] 11 S.C.R. 273 : 2022 INSC 952
Punjab Courts Act, 1918: s. 41 – Second Appeals – Jurisdiction of the High Court under – Held: Second appeal is not a forum where the court is to re-examine or re-appreciate the question of fact settled by the trial cour…
Yashoda (Alias Sodhan) vs Sukhwinder Singh and Others
SC · 12 September 2022
[2022] 12 S.C.R. 31 : 2022 INSC 946
Suit: Suppression of material fact – Dismissal of the previous suit as withdrawn without liberty and this fact not presented before the Court in a subsequent suit – Effect of – On facts, plaintiff initially filed a suit…
P. Dharamaraj vs Shanmugam & Ors.
SC · 8 September 2022
[2022] 9 S.C.R. 972 : 2022 INSC 940
P. DHARAMARAJ v. SHANMUGAM & ORS. (Criminal Appeal No. 1514 of 2022) SEPTEMBER 08, 2022 [S.ABDUL NAZEER AND V. RAMASUBRAMANIAN, JJ.] Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973: ss.320, 482 – Compounding of Offence – Inherent power…
Life Insurance Corporation of India vs Sanjeev Builders Private Limited & Anr.
SC · 1 September 2022
[2022] 8 S.C.R. 1121 : 2022 INSC 896
Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 – Or. II r. 2 and Or. VI r. 17 – Applicability of Or. II r. 2 to an amendment application – Held: Or.II r.2 operates as a bar against a subsequent suit if the requisite conditions for applic…
Smt. Katta Sujatha Reddy & Anr. vs Siddamsetty Infra Projects Pvt. Ltd.& Ors.
SC · 25 August 2022
[2022] 17 S.C.R. 416 : 2022 INSC 865
Specific Performance – Limitation Act, 1963 – Article 54 – Limitation period for Specific Performance – Specific Relief Act, 1963 – ss. 10, 12 – Appellant herein (Purchaser) entered into an agreement with the Respondents…
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…
Hemantha Kumar vs R. Mahadevaiah & Ors.
SC · 11 July 2022
[2022] 12 S.C.R. 117 : 2022 INSC 694
Code of Civil Procedure,1908 – Or.XXIII, r.3 – Consent decree – Grant of – The original plaintiff instituted suit for specific performance of the agreement to sell – Before the Trial Court plaintiff and defendants submit…
Mohamed Ali vs V. Jaya & Ors.
SC · 11 July 2022
[2022] 13 S.C.R. 274 : 2022 INSC 696
Constitution of India: Art. 227 – Power of superintendence over all courts by the High Court – Power of revision – Extent and scope of – Revision petitions u/Art. 227 challenging an ex-parte judgment and decree of specif…
Rajpal Singh vs Saroj (Deceased) through Lrs and Anr.
SC · 18 May 2022
[2022] 19 S.C.R. 202 : 2022 INSC 589
Specific Performance: Agreement to sell – Cancellation of sale deed – Limitation period – Respondentno. 2-original owner agreed to sell his agricultural land to appellant-purchaser for the sale consideration – Before the…
Veena Singh (Dead) through Lr vs The District Registrar/Additional Collector (F/R) and Another
SC · 10 May 2022
[2022] 3 S.C.R. 736 : 2022 INSC 544
Registration Act, 1908: ss. 35, 72, 73, 74 – Execution and registration of sale deed – Agreement to sell certain land between the appellant and the second respondent – Execution of sale deed by the appellant in favour of…

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