Supreme Court of India · 2000-07-20
Motilal Jain vs Smt.Ramdasi Devi & Ors
- Citation / case number
- AIR 2000 SUPREME COURT 2408
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Petitioner
- Motilal Jain
- Respondent
- Smt.Ramdasi Devi & Ors
- Bench
- Shivaraj V. Patil, S.S.M.Quadri
Judgment text excerpt
The Supreme Court held that the plaintiff's suit for specific performance under the Specific Relief Act, 1963 was improperly denied by the High Court due to alleged delay and lack of evidence of readiness and willingness as required under Section 16(c). The Court emphasized that the plaint does not need to strictly adhere to Forms 47 and 48 of the CPC. The High Court's decision to grant compensation instead of specific performance was set aside, reaffirming the trial court's decree for specific performance of the contract.