JUDGMENT

This appeal is preferred against the judgment and decree passed by the Principal District and Sessions Judge, Sivagangai, made in O.S.No.38 of 2013, dated 16.03.2020.

2. The Suit has been filed by the respondent/plaintiff for the relief of specific performance on the basis of sale agreement dated 22.07.2013 executed between the plaintiff and the defendant for selling the suit property for a sale consideration of Rs.10,50,000/-. The sale agreement was a registered one and on the date of sale agreement itself, a sum of Rs.6,00,000/- was paid as an advance amount and the time for performance is agreed at one year. Since the defendant refused to execute the sale deed as agreed, the plaintiff has filed the suit for specific performance.

3. The defendant filed the written statement by stating that there is no privity of contract between herself and the plaintiff; that the defendant did not receive any advance amount of R