Supreme Court of India · 2002-07-16
RAM KHILONA vs SARDAR
- Citation / case number
- SC 1997/61635
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Petitioner
- RAM KHILONA
- Respondent
- SARDAR
- Author
- K.G.BALAKRISHNAN. D.P.MOHAPATRA
- Bench
- K.G.BALAKRISHNAN. D.P.MOHAPATRA
Judgment text excerpt
The appellants challenged a High Court judgment that dismissed their suit for specific performance of an agreement to sell while decreeing a separate suit for declaration of ownership filed by the respondents. The High Court had set aside the lower courts' decrees, ruling that the sale deed executed in favor of the respondents granted them ownership of the land. The legal issue centers on the validity of the agreement for specific performance versus the executed sale deed.