N. SATHISH KUMAR
Karuppaiah (died) – Appellant
Versus
Uma Mageshwari – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
PRAYER: This Appeal Suit is filed under Section 96 of C.P.C. against the judgment and decree passed in O.S.No.14 of 2010, on the file of the Additional District Judge, Pudukkottai, dated 20.12.2019.
Aggrieved over the decree and judgment, decreeing the suit for specific performance, this Appeal Suit has been filed by the appellants.
2. For the sake of convenience, the parties are referred to herein, as per their own ranking before the Trial Court.
3. The brief facts, leading to the filing of this Appeal, are as follows:-
3.1. The suit property originally owned by one Subbammal. She has bequeathed the property in favour of one Muruga Konar, Krishna Konar @ Kittu Konar and the first defendant, Karuppiah Konar. Muruga Konar and his wife Rathinam died without any issues long back. Therefore, the entire suit property devolved on Krishna Konar @ Kittu Konar and the first defendant viz., Karuppiah Konar. The son of Krishan Konar @ Kittu Konar viz., Veeraiah predeceased his father leaving behind his wife and children, who are the defendants 3 to 6. The first defendant Krishna Konar @ Kittu Konar and his wife (second defendant) were agreed to sell the property for a total consideratio
Kurella Naga Druva Vudaya Bhaskar Rao v Galla Jankiamma [(2009) 6 ALT 164]
T.R.Murugesan Vs. S.Balakrishnan and others reported in 2018 (6) CTC 56.
The plaintiff's readiness and willingness to perform the contract, the defendants' false plea of forgery, and the impact of delay in completing the sale on specific performance.
The burden of proving the execution of a document rests on the party asserting its existence. In this case, the plaintiff failed to discharge this burden, and the Court found the plaintiff's case to ....
The court affirmed that specific performance is a discretionary remedy, requiring the plaintiff to prove the validity of the contract and readiness to perform.
The plaintiff's failure to prove willingness to perform the contract led to the grant of the alternate relief of refund of the advance money.
Point of law: Unless a statute specifically requires a plea to be in any particular form, it can be in any form. No specific phraseology or language is required to take such a plea. The language in S....
The plaintiff must prove the genuineness of the agreement for sale, establish readiness and willingness to perform the contract, and file suit within a reasonable time for specific performance.
Specific performance of a contract is a discretionary remedy, requiring proof of readiness and willingness by the plaintiff, which was established in this case.
The appellate court ruled that the agreement for sale was not proved and lacked consideration, leading to the dismissal of the specific performance suit.
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