Supreme Court of India · 2008-07-11
Gauri Shankar Prasad & Ors vs Brahma Nand Singh
- Citation / case number
- AIR 2009 SC (SUPP) 917
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Petitioner
- Gauri Shankar Prasad & Ors
- Respondent
- Brahma Nand Singh
- Author
- Arijit Pasayat
- Bench
- P. Sathasivam, Arijit Pasayat
Judgment text excerpt
The Supreme Court addressed the appeal under Section 100 of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908, concerning a dispute over the re-conveyance of land following a sale agreement. The Court held that the plaintiffs-appellants had a right to re-convey the land as they had made partial payments and the defendant-respondent failed to fulfill the contractual obligation to re-convey despite receiving the consideration. The judgment of the Jharkhand High Court was set aside, and the plaintiffs' right to re-convey the land was upheld, reinforcing the principle that contractual obligations must be honored when conditions are met.