IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY
SANDEEP V.MARNE
Jayashree Jaisingh Babar – Appellant
Versus
Shirish Ramdas Sarode – Respondent
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| 1. sec 6 suit improper for developer-purchaser payment disputes. (Para 1 , 2) |
| 2. sale agreement dispute over payment and possession timing. (Para 3 , 4 , 28 , 29) |
| 3. composite reliefs make sec 6 suit non-maintainable. (Para 5) |
| 4. dispossession findings valid; compensation severable from possession. (Para 6 , 7 , 8) |
| 5. sec 6 limits summary enquiry to possession and dispossession. (Para 9 , 10 , 11 , 12 , 13 , 14) |
| 6. injunction and damages prayers exceed sec 6 scope. (Para 15 , 16 , 17 , 18 , 19 , 20 , 21) |
| 7. payment and title enquiry impermissible in sec 6 suit. (Para 22 , 23 , 24 , 25 , 26) |
| 8. developer lacks animus possidendi for settled possession claim. (Para 27 , 30 , 31 , 32 , 33 , 34 , 35) |
| 9. jurisdictional error overrides merits and res judicata. (Para 36) |
| 10. revision succeeds; suit dismissed with title suit liberty. (Para 37 , 38 , 39) |
JUDGMENT :
SANDEEP V. MARNE, J.
1) Whether a developer can file a Suit under Section 6 of the Specific Relief Act, 1963 (Specific Relief Act) for recovery of possession of flat sold to a purchaser on the ground that full consideration therefor is not paid and the possession thereof is illegally obtained? Is the summary remedy under of t



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