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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.

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…
Shri Rajendra Lalitkumar Agrawal vs Smt. Ratna Ashok Muranjan & Anr.
SC · 31 January 2019
[2019] 1 S.C.R. 815 : 2019 INSC 121
Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 – s. 100(4), (5) – Second appeal – Substantial question of law – On facts, suit for specific performance of contract on basis of an agreement – Decreed by the trial court, however, set aside…
Mahadev P Kambekar (D) Tr. Lrs. vs Shree Krishna Woolen Mills Pvt. Ltd.
SC · 31 January 2019
[2019] 1 S.C.R. 827 : 2019 INSC 116
Presidency Small Cause Courts Act, 1882 – s. 41 – Counter claim – Maintainability – On facts, dispute between the parties relating to land in Bombay suburban district – Suit by plaintifflessee(respondent) against defenda…
Vijay A. Mittal & Ors. vs Kulwant Rai (Dead) Thr. Lrs. & Anr.
SC · 28 January 2019
[2019] 2 S.C.R. 507 : 2019 INSC 96
Suit – Specific performance of agreement – Agreement dated 12.06.1979 between the plaintiffs-respondents and the defendant no.1 (now represented by his legal representatives, appellant nos. 1 to 4 and 7) for sale of the…
Kamal Kumar vs Premlata Joshi & Ors.
SC · 7 January 2019
[2019] 1 S.C.R. 54 : 2019 INSC 16
KAMAL KUMAR v. PREMLATA JOSHI & ORS. (Civil Appeal No. 4453 of 2009) JANUARY 07, 2019 [ABHAY MANOHAR SAPRE AND INDU MALHOTRA, JJ.] Constitution of India – Art.136 – Scope of interference – Concurrent findings of fact by…
Gangappa and Anr. vs Fakkirappa
SC · 14 December 2018
[2018] 13 S.C.R. 603 : 2018 INSC 1210
Karnataka Stamp Act,1957 – ss.33, 34 and 38 – Appellantsplaintiffs entered into agreements to sell with respondent-defendant – Appellants filed suits for specific performance of contract – Principal Civil Judge impounded…
Urvashiben & Anr. vs Krishnakant Manuprasad Trivedi
SC · 14 December 2018
[2018] 13 S.C.R. 1242 : 2018 INSC 1212
S.C.R. 1242 URVASHIBEN & ANR. v. KRISHNAKANT MANUPRASAD TRIVEDI (Civil Appeal Nos. 12070-71 of 2018) DECEMBER 14, 2018 [UDAY UMESH LALIT AND R. SUBHASH REDDY, JJ.] Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 – Or.VII, r.11(d) – Reject…
Sunkara Lakshminarasamma (D) by Lrs. vs Sagi Subba Raju & Others etc.
SC · 28 November 2018
[2018] 14 S.C.R. 222 : 2018 INSC 1113
Appeal – Maintainability of – When defendants were either deleted from array of parties or dead and whose legal representatives had not been brought on record – Appellantsplaintiffs filed two suits for partition of prope…
Hari Mohan Sharma & Anr. vs Charanjeet Singh Rekhi & Ors. etc.
SC · 16 November 2018
[2018] 14 S.C.R. 324 : 2018 INSC 1067
Party/Parties: Necessary party – Suit for specific performance – Determination of correct defendants – Issue arose whether one CS and his wife who are defendant no. 2 & 3 in one group of SLP and defendant no. 1 & 2 in ot…
The Vice Chancellor, Ranchi University & Ors. vs Jharkhand State Housing Board & Ors.
SC · 23 October 2018
[2018] 13 S.C.R. 1084 : 2018 INSC 973
S.C.R. 1084 THE VICE CHANCELLOR, RANCHI UNIVERSITY & ORS. v. JHARKHAND STATE HOUSING BOARD & ORS. (Civil Appeal No. 8113 of 2009) OCTOBER 23, 2018 [ABHAY MANOHAR SAPRE AND INDU MALHOTRA, JJ.] Eviction – Eviction of unaut…
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…
Samir Narain Bhojwani vs M/s. Aurora Properties and Investments and Anr.
SC · 21 August 2018
[2018] 10 S.C.R. 50 : 2018 INSC 733
Injunction: Interlocutory mandatory injunction – When can be granted – Principle of moulding relief – Invocation of – On facts, respondent no.1 appointed as developer for developing the suit property – Thereafter, under…
Lakshmi Sreenivasa Cooperative Building Society vs Puvvada Rama (Dead) by Lrs. and Ors.
SC · 31 July 2018
[2018] 7 S.C.R. 1232 : 2018 INSC 651
Specific performance: Agreement of sale of land – Suit for specific performance of sale agreement in respect of land – On facts, suit for specific performance of sale agreement filed by appellant-society – Dismissed by t…
Ameer Minhaj vs Dierdre Elizabeth (Wright) Issar and Ors.
SC · 4 July 2018
[2018] 5 S.C.R. 173 : 2018 INSC 578
Registration Act, 1908 – s. 17(1A) – Transfer of Property Act, 1882 – s. 53A – Document of which registration compulsory – On facts, unregistered agreement to sell, on the basis of which relief of specific performance cl…
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…
Sucha Singh Sodhi (D) Thr. Lrs. vs Baldev Raj Walia & Anr.
SC · 13 April 2018
[2018] 3 S.C.R. 324 : 2018 INSC 338
Code of Civil Procedure, 1908: O.II, r.2 – Suit to include the whole claim – On facts, first suit seeking injunction by original plaintiff against respondent no 1 withdrawn with the leave of the court – Later suit for sp…
P. Meenakshisundaram vs P. Vijayakumar & Anr.
SC · 28 March 2018
[2018] 6 S.C.R. 667 : 2018 INSC 289
Specific performance: Appellant had mortgaged the suit property with a bank and the bank had initiated recovery proceedings – Meanwhile, appellant entered into a sale agreement to sell the suit property to respondent no.…
Kalawati (D) through Lrs. & Ors. vs Rakesh Kumar & Ors.
SC · 16 February 2018
[2018] 1 S.C.R. 482 : 2018 INSC 161
Specific Performance – Specific performance of contract – Agreement to sell land between the appellant-vendor and respondent-vendee – Part payment towards the sale price paid by respondent but appellant failed to carry o…
G. Saraswathi & Anr. vs Rathinammal & Ors.
SC · 15 February 2018
[2018] 2 S.C.R. 548 : 2018 INSC 142
Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 – Or. XLI, r.31 – Appellants filed a suit against the respondents for specific performance of agreement – Trial Court decreed the suit – Single Judge, High Court set aside the judgment/decre…
M/s Neerja Realtors Pvt Ltd vs Janglu (Dead) Thr. Lr.
SC · 29 January 2018
[2018] 1 S.C.R. 359 : 2018 INSC 67
Code of Civil Procedure, 1908: Or. V, rr. 17 and 20 – Application for susbstituted service – Allowed – Subsequent to substitued service by publicatin, ex-parte decree – Appeal under s.96 CPC – Allowed by High Court – On…
Jayaprakash & Anr. vs T. S. David & Ors.
SC · 25 January 2018
[2018] 1 S.C.R. 262 : 2018 INSC 61
Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 – Or.IX, r.13 – Setting aside of ex parte decree – Suit for specific performance of agreement for sale of suit property filed by appellants on the ground that respondents-defendant nos.1 and…
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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