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DIPANKAR DATTA, MANMOHAN
Sangita Sinha – Appellant
Versus
Bhawana Bhardwaj – Respondent
Based on the provided legal document, there is no indication that a suit for recovery was filed. The case primarily concerns a suit for specific performance of an agreement to sell, which was ultimately declared not enforceable, and the sale deed was declared null and void. The focus is on the validity of the agreement, the readiness and willingness of the buyer, and the cancellation of the agreement, rather than on a suit for recovery of money or property. Therefore, the document does not suggest that a suit for recovery was filed in this case.
JUDGMENT :
MANMOHAN, J.
1. Leave granted.
2. The primary issue that arises for consideration in the present civil appeal is whether a suit for specific performance of an Agreement to Sell is liable to be decreed if the buyer had accepted the refund of majority of the earnest money deposit/advance consideration, during the pendency of the civil suit?
3. Brief facts leading to the present appeal are as under:
3.2. On 25th January 2008, an unregistered Agreement to Sell with respect to the subject property was executed between the “Respondent No. 1-buyer”-plaintiff and the seller for a total sale consideration of Rs. 25,00,000/- (Rupees Twenty Five Lakhs). At the time of the execution of the Agreement to Sell, the Respondent No. 1- buyer paid a sum of Rs. 2,51,000/- (Rupees Two Lakh Fifty One Thousand) in cash to the seller and issued three post-dated cheques worth Rs. 7,50,000/- (Rupees Seven Lakh Fifty Thousand).
3.3. It is the case of Respondent No. 1-buyer that when she visite
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