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IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH
PANKAJ JAIN
Jagmohan Bhargo – Appellant
Versus
Ajit Singh – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
PANKAJ JAIN, J.
1. Defendant No.4 is in second appeal aggrieved of judgment and decree passed by the Lower Appellate Court decreeing the suit filed by plaintiff reversing the findings recorded by the Trial Court.
2. Plaintiff filed suit seeking decree of possession by way of specific performance of agreement to sell dated 12.10.2000 with an alternate prayer for grant of recovery of Rs.6 lakhs along with consequential relief of permanent injunction restraining the defendants from alienating the suit property.
3. As per the plaintiff, defendant No.1 agreed to sell 8 kanals of land as described in the headnote of the plaint in his favour vide written agreement dated 12.10.2000 for a valuable consideration of Rs.3,25,000/-. Rs.3,00,000/- was paid as earnest money on the date of agreement. Parties agreed to get the sale deed executed on or before 10.10.2003. Plaintiff claims that in order to safeguard his interest qua suit land, he filed civil suit against defendant No.1 seeking decree of permanent injunction restraining him from alienating the suit property on 27.06.2003. Defendant No.1 appeared and placed on record sale deed dated 04.07.2003 executed by him in favour of defenda
The maintainability of a suit for specific performance is barred under Order 2 Rule 2 CPC if a plaintiff omits to claim it in an earlier suit concerning the same cause of action.
The subsequent suit for specific performance of the agreement to sell based on a different cause of action is maintainable.
Specific performance can be enforced against subsequent purchasers if they had knowledge of the original contract.
The plea of bar under Order II Rule 2 CPC prohibits a second suit for specific performance if based on the same cause of action previously omitted, and the suit is also barred by limitation under Art....
The court ruled that a suit for specific performance was not barred by Order 2, Rule 2 CPC as the appellants were permitted to withdraw a prior suit and file a new one.
The bar under Order II Rule 2 CPC does not apply when a second suit is based on a distinct cause of action arising from subsequent events, such as the lifting of a government ban on property registra....
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