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IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI
AJAY NARAIN – Appellant
Versus
AARTI SINGH & ORS. – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
NEENA BANSAL KRISHNA, J.
1. The lead Suit CS (OS) 1336/1998 has been filed by the Plaintiff/Sh. Ajay Narain, seeking a Decree of Declaration that the General Power of Attorneys, Agreements to Sell and other related documents in respect of property bearing No. 110, Jor Bagh, New Delhi (hereinafter “Suit Property”) would not come into operation till 31.12.1999. Further, the Plaintiff has also sought the relief of Permanent Injunction to restrain the defendants from acting on any of these documents or to create third party interest in the Suit Property.
2. The Defendants, Ms. Arti Singh and Sh. Kanwar Raj Singh of the lead Suit, have filed the cross Suit bearing No. CS (OS) 2273/2000, against the Plaintiff/Ajay Narain, titled Aarti Singh & Ors. v. Ajay Narain, seeking Specific Performance of the Agreements to Sell and the related documents and Injunction. For the convenience, Ajay Narain shall be referred to as Plaintiff and Ms. Arti Singh and Sh. Kanwar Raj Singh as the defendants.
3. Briefly stated, Smt. Kanso Devi, during her life time acquired the Suit Property bearing No.110, Jor Bagh, New Delhi vide Lease Deed dated 24.12.1960, executed in her favour by Land & Development
The court ruled that valid sales transactions were established over mere loan claims, emphasizing that contracts concerning property require mutual agreement to rescind and are enforceable as agreed.
A valid agreement for specific performance requires clear intent and consistent evidence of readiness and willingness from the plaintiff to execute the contract, which was not established in this cas....
The Court exercised its discretion under Sec. 20 of the Specific Relief Act to set aside the judgment and directed the defendant to return the advance amount with interest.
Absence of the buyer's signature invalidates a sale agreement, requiring proof of the parties' intentions; the suit for specific performance is timely if filed within limitation after notice of refus....
The court emphasized the importance of proving continuous readiness and willingness to perform the contract, and the need to disclose financial capacity to fulfill payment obligations.
PONT OF LAW: readiness and willingness in completing her part of the sale transaction at the earliest point of time, all would only go to disclose that as the sale agreement had not been really execu....
Point of law: Absence of any material, that the plaintiff had exercised undue influence in obtaining the sale agreement from the defendant at the time of the alleged loan transaction.
Contract and Specific Reliefs - Section 20 of Specific Relief Act vests a discretionary power in court to grant a decree of specific performance and court is not bound to grant such a relief merely b....
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