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Category: Property Matters

Property Matters

Specific Relief Act, 1963 – Section – 16(c) – Specific performance of a contract – Appeal from the judgment of the High Court of Karnataka decreeing the suit filed by the Respondents for specific performance of contract for sale of the suit land executed by the Appellant-Defendant in favour of the Respondents- Plaintiffs

Jun 19, 2017 sclaw

  (2000) 8 JT 13 : (2000) 9 SCC 214 SUPREME COURT OF INDIA BORAMMA — Appellant Vs. KRISHNA GOWDA AND OTHERS — Respondent ( Before : Shivaraj V. Patil,…

Property Matters

The High Court was in error while coming to the conclusion that the Appellant had no right in the plot in question and the impugned judgment as well as the order passed in Company Application are quashed and set aside and it is held that the plot in question does not belong to the Company in liquidation and the official liquidator has no right to deal with the plot or dispose of the plot and it would be open to the Appellant-Corporation to deal with or allot the plot as per its policy

Jun 6, 2017 sclaw

  2014) 2 AD 285 : AIR 2014 SC 618 : (2013) 15 JT 327 : (2013) 14 SCALE 231 SUPREME COURT OF INDIA THE A.P.I.I. CORPORATION LTD. — Appellant…

Property Matters

Agreement of re-conveyance – – The father of the respondent had obtained the sale deed in the name of the minor, obviously he is bound by the agreement of re conveyance as well. Having received the money, he had not executed the sale deed – The subsequent purchaser is bound by this decree of specific performance and liable to re-convey

Apr 22, 2017 sclaw

  (1996) 9 AD 406 : (1996) 8 SCALE 687 : (1997) 1 SCC 475 : (1996) 8 SCR 720 Supp SUPREME COURT OF INDIA NIVARTI GOVIND INGALE AND OTHERS…

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Constitution

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Will & Succession

Succession Act, 1925 — Section 263 — Revocation of probate — Just cause — Fraudulent grant by concealing material facts or false suggestions — Failure to cite necessary parties — Grant of probate is a judgment in rem and binds the world — Persons with even a slight interest, including subsequent transferees from heirs, are entitled to citation before probate is granted — Failure to implead appellants and legal heirs of deceased sons, and to issue citations, constitutes just cause for revocation.

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C P C

Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Section 13 — Conclusiveness of foreign judgment — Enforceability in India — Summary judgment granted by foreign court without full trial despite existence of triable issues and crucial documentary evidence like Balance Sheets and Board Minutes, particularly when the respondent was denied leave to defend — Such procedure prevents a fair adjudication and is not rendered “on the merits” as required by Section 13(b) — Foreign judgment is therefore not enforceable in India.

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Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 7 Rule 11 — Rejection of Plaint — Cause of Action — Valuation and Court Fees — The Supreme Court reiterated that Order 7 Rule 11 allows rejection of a plaint if it does not disclose a cause of action, is undervalued, insufficiently stamped, or barred by law — It clarified that a plaint should not be rejected at the threshold if it contains averments that, taken at face value, set out a dispute requiring adjudication — The Court emphasized that assessing the sufficiency of evidence or the probability of success is impermissible at this stage and constitutes a premature mini-trial.

Apr 22, 2026 sclaw