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2017 Supreme(Raj) 2520

IN THE HIGH COURT OF RAJASTHAN
VIRENDRA KUMAR MATHUR, J.
Ishwar Lal - Appellant
Versus
Legal Heirs of Deceased Babu Lal - Respondent
Civil First Appeal No. 128 of 2002
Decided On : 01-11-2017

Advocates Appeared:
For the Appellants :Mr. A.K. Rajvanshy, Mr. Sukhdev Sharma and Mr. Praveen Singh Rathore, Advocates
For the Respondents:Mr. Ashok Patel, Advocate.

Headnote:

Civil Procedure Code - 1908 - Section 96 – Agreement – Jurisdiction –– Evidence – Respondent defendant failed to perform his part of obligations under aforesaid agreement and when appellant-plaintiff came to know about fact that respondent defendant is going to sell suit house to somebody else he got notice published in newspaper that respondent defendant had already entered into an agreement to sell suit house for sum to appellant plaintiff and a sum of which was advanced to respondent defendant has already been adjusted against sale consideration and it was decided that remaining amount of sale consideration amounting - Held, From perusal of contents of it is clear that intention of respondent defendant was to pay outstanding amount and not to sale property - When respondent defendant was not able to perform as per agreement then agreement was executed- Under these circumstances trial court has exercised discretion in granting alternative prayer made by appellant plaintiff and refusing specific performance - Trial court has exercised jurisdiction judiciously – Appeal dismissed

JUDGMENT :

VIRENDRA KUMAR MATHUR, J.

1. This S.B. Civil Regular First Appeal has been filed under section 96 of the Code of Civil Procedure against the judgment and decree dated 21.03.2002 passed by the learned Additional District Judge, No.1, Udaipur in Civil Original Suit No.317/1995.

2. Briefly stated, the appellant-plaintiff filed a suit for specific performance of agreement, which was executed between the appellant-plaintiff and respondent-defendant on 05.01.1991 whereby the respondent-defendant agreed to sell his House No.36, Saheli Nagar, Udaipur for a sum of Rs. 8,50,000/- to the appellant-plaintiff. A sum of Rs. 7,50,000/- was adjusted against the loan which was advanced to the respondent-defendant and the remaining amount of Rs. 1,00,000/- was agreed to be paid to the respondent-defendant at the time of registration, which was to be got done within three months. According to the appellant-plaintiff, he was always ready and willing to perform his part of obligations but however, the respondent-defendant has failed to perform his part of obligations and also got extended the date of execution by agreement dated 30.05.1991 and it was further agreed between the parties that the respondent-defendant shall adjust the amount of interest on the paid up sale consideration of a sum of Rs. 7,50,000/- against the remaining sale consideration of Rs. 1,00,000/- to be paid the appellant-plaintiff at the time of registration. However, the respondent-defendant failed to perform his part of obligations under the aforesaid agreement and when the appellant-plaintiff came to know about the fact that the respondent-defendant is going to sell the suit house to somebody else, he got a notice published in the newspaper that the respondent-defendant had already entered into an agreement to sell the suit house for a sum of Rs. 8,50,000/- to the appellant-plaintiff and a sum of Rs. 7,50,000/-, which was advanced to the respondent-defendant, has already been adjusted against the sale consideration and it was decided that the remaining amount of sale consideration amounting to Rs. 1,00,000/- is to be paid by the appellant-plaintiff at the time of registration. The appellant-plaintiff was always ready and willing to perform his part of contract but the respondent-defendant has failed to perform his part of obligations. It was also contended that the interest on the paid-up sale consideration has accrued more than the amount of sale consideration already paid to the respondent-defendant. In the alternative it was also prayed that in case, the court does not think it proper to pass a decree for specific performance, decree for the recovery of a sum of Rs. 8,50,000/- with compensation may be passed against the respondent-defendant.

3. The respondent-defendant filed a detailed written statement denying loan taken from the appellant-plaintiff and further execution of the agreement to sell dated 05.01.1991.

4. On the basis of the pleadings of the parties, the trial court framed as many as six issues and after recording the evidence, passed the impugned judgment and decree dated 21.03.2002.

5. The issue No.1 was decided in favour of the appellant-plaintiff and held that the respondent-defendant executed an agreement on 01.07.1990 in favour of the appellant-plaintiff and also decided issues Nos.2 and 3 against the respondent-defendant and in favour of the appellant-plaintiff holding that the respondent-defendant executed an agreement in favour of the appellant-plaintiff on 05.01.1991 to sell his house situated in Saheli Nagar for a sale consideration of Rs. 8,50,000/- and that the respondent-defendant has failed to perform his part of obligation as per agreement dated 05.01.1991 and got the period extended for performance of agreement by 30.06.1991. Issues Nos.4 and 5 were also decided in favour of the appellant-plaintiff and against the respondent-defendant. The learned trial court held that the respondent-defendant has failed to prove that the appellant-plain







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