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IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM
C.Pratheep Kumar
Rajan – Appellant
Versus
K. Subramanian, S/O.Krishnan – Respondent
| Table of Content |
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| 1. establishment of contract and its terms. (Para 1 , 2) |
| 2. defense claims apologize for breach. (Para 3 , 10) |
| 3. judicial considerations for compensation. (Para 5 , 6 , 7) |
| 4. need for substantiation of claims. (Para 12 , 14 , 16) |
| 5. outcome of appeal on compensation. (Para 18) |
JUDGMENT :
C. Pratheep Kumar, J.
The 1st defendant in O.S. No. 415/2011 on the file of the Principal Sub Court Palakkad is the appellant. (For the purpose of convenience, the parties are hereafter referred to as per their rank before the trial court).
2. The plaintiff filed the above suit for return of advance money and for compensation. Admittedly, the plaintiffs 1 and 2 entered into an agreement for sale with defendants 1 and 2 on 24.11.2010 and agreed to purchase an extent of 1.85 acres of property belonging to the defendants for a price of Rs.14,000/- per cent. On the date of the agreement itself, a sum of Rs.5,00,000/- was paid as advance to the defendants 1 and 2. As per the agreement executed between the parties on 24.11.2010 (Exhibit A1), the period for performance of the contract was six months. According to the plaintiff, before the expiry of the period provided for the performance the defe
Plaintiffs entitled to refund of advance but not compensation due to lack of evidence for expenses incurred.
A party can claim a refund of earnest money if the other party fails to provide a valid title, and time is not necessarily the essence of the contract.
A party who pays significant consideration in a sale agreement is justified in seeking specific performance when no delay is attributable to them.
A party's demand for the return of an advance payment and compensation can be interpreted as an abandonment of the right to seek specific performance of a contract, negating the requirement for conti....
If a plaintiff fails to demonstrate continuous readiness and willingness to perform a contract, relief for specific performance can be denied despite filing within the limitation period.
A party seeking the return of advance money must establish that they did not improperly decline to accept delivery, and the terms of the contract regarding earnest money must be clear to justify forf....
The court established that a sale agreement lacking necessary signatures and evidence of payment cannot be enforced for specific performance, but a partial refund of advance is permissible.
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