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Deposit of Title Deeds – Registration when requires ? – Mutation of entry in Revenue records about mortgage when arises = STATE OF HARYANA & ORS. Vs. NAVIR SINGH & ANR published in judis.nic.in/supremecourt/filename=40878
Mutation of entry of deposit of title deeds in revenue records when not covered by State Govt. Notification , can not be changed; As per sec.59 of T.P.Act Deposit of title deeds evidenced with separate memorandum requires no Registration = Deposit of title deeds when required to be registered … Continue reading
Sec. 45 Karnataka Land Reforms Act – cultivate tenant = HARSHA V. RAI Vs. STATE OF KARNATAKA & ANR THROUGH LRS published in judis.nic.in/supremecourt/filename=40860
Sec. 45 Karnataka Land Reforms Act – Cultivate tenant – by1st of March, 1974 one must be a cultivating tenant – with out framing proper question , no case is to be determined – Hence the Apex court remanded the case on two counts 1.whether the property said to have been given on lease to … Continue reading
Cheque dishonor case = under Section 138 of the N.I. Act, in case of issuance of cheque from joint accounts, a joint account holder cannot be prosecuted unless the cheque has been signed by each and every person who is a joint account holder. The said principle is an exception to Section 141 of the N.I. Act which would have no application in the case on hand. The proceedings filed under Section 138 cannot be used as an arm twisting tactics to recover the amount allegedly due from the appellant. It cannot be said that the complainant has no remedy against the appellant but certainly not under Section 138. The culpability attached to dishonour of a cheque can, in no case “except in case of Section 141 of the N.I. Act” be extended to those on whose behalf the cheque is issued. This Court reiterates that it is only the drawer of the cheque who can be made an accused in any proceeding under Section 138 of the Act.
published in http://judis.nic.in/supremecourt/filename=40479 Page 1 REPORTABLE IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 813 OF 2013 (Arising out of S.L.P. (Crl.) No. 9794 of 2010) Mrs. Aparna A. Shah …. Appellant(s) Versus M/s Sheth Developers Pvt. Ltd. & Anr. …. Respondent(s) J U D G M E N T P.Sathasivam,J. 1) Leave … Continue reading
Damages to the standing crop +The question relating to the value of larger extent of agricultural land, if required to be determined with reference to price fixed for small residential plot, = “When the value of a large extent of agricultural land has to be determined with reference to the price fetched by sale of a small residential plot, it is necessary to make an appropriate deduction towards the development cost, to arrive at the value of the large tract of land. The deduction towards development cost may vary from 20% to 75% depending upon various factors. Even if the acquired lands have situational advantages, the minimum deduction from the market value of a small residential plot, to arrive at the market value of a larger agricultural land, in the usual course, will be in the range of 20% to 25%. In this case, the Collector has himself adopted a 25% deduction which has been affirmed by the Reference Court and the High Court. We, therefore, do not propose to alter it.” Therefore, it is clear that mere reliance made by a Court on sale deeds of smaller residential area for determination of market value of larger agricultural area, the same will not render the determination illegal until and unless it is shown that the determination was not proper. 20. In the instant case, the average value of the saledeeds relied upon by the Reference Court (Ext.1 and Ext.1/b) was Rs. 401/ at the time of acquisition. Therefore, as the saledeeds were in relation to smaller plots, the deduction of 37% was made by the Reference Court and thereafter, by allowing appropriate 10% increase in the value of the land from the date of the sale deeds upto the date of Notification under Section 4 of the Act, the Reference Court arrived at a figure of Rs.250/ per decimal. The High Court while arriving at figure of Rs. 100/ per decimal considered only the fact that the sale deeds relied upon were in relation to smaller plots and those sale deeds(Ext.1 and Ext.1/b) were related to homestead land and hence fixed Rs. 10,000/ per acre as compensation. It completely failed to consider the increase in price of land and the deduction made by the 9Page 10 High Court is nearly 75% which is not in accordance with law. we have no other alternative but to set aside the order passed by the High Court and restore the award passed by the Reference Court.-The respondents are directed to pay the appellant the compensation in terms of the award passed by the Reference Court after adjusting the amount already paid within three months. There shall be no separate order as to costs.
published in http://judis.nic.in/supremecourt/filename=40470 Page 1 REPORTABLE IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CIVIL APPEAL NO.5311 OF 2012 (arising out of SLP(C)No.34284 of 2011) AHSANUL HODA … APPELLANT Versus STATE OF BIHAR … RESPONDENT J U D G M E N T SUDHANSU JYOTI MUKHOPADHAYA, J. This appeal has been filed by the claimant appellant against the judgment and order of the Patna High Court dated 10.2.2011 by which the High Court reduced the compensation awarded … Continue reading
sale with condition to repurchase is not a mortgage = whether it is a mortgage by conditional sale or a sale with an option to repurchase ?. one should be guided by the terms of the document alone without much help from the case law. = No doubt the document is styled as a deed of conditional sale= What does the executant do under the document? He takes a sum of Rs. 5,000/- in cash. The particulars are (a) Rs 2,499/- i.e. Rs 899/- by mortgage of his house on 27-1-1944 and (b) Rs. 1,600 by a further mortgage on 31-5- 1947 totalling to Rs 2,499/-. Thereafter, an amount of Rs 2,501/- in cash was taken from the transferee. The purpose was to repay miscellaneous debts and domestic expenses and business. It has to be carefully noted that this amount of Rs 5,000/- was not taken as a loan at all. As rightly observed by the High Court, by executing this document the executant discharges all the prior debts and outstandings. Where, therefore, for a consideration of a sum of Rs 5,000/- with the conditional sale is executed, we are unable to see how the relationship of debtor and creditor can be forged in. In other words, by reading the documents as a whole, we are unable to conclude that there is a debt and the relationship between the parties is that of a debtor and a creditor. This is a vital point to determine the nature of the transaction.”= the document was not a mortgage by conditional sale, rather the document was transfer by way of sale with a condition to repurchase. =In the instant case, the alleged sale document was executed in the year 1967 transferring the suit property by way of sale subject to one stipulation/condition that on receiving the sale amount of Rs. 3,000/- within five years the land was to be returned to the plaintiff-vendor. It is also not in dispute that after transfer of the land the defendant- respondent No. 1 came in possession and used & enjoyed the suit property as an absolute owner. It was only after 11 years that the plaintiff-appellant filed the suit alleging that the suit property was mortgaged in favour of the defendant/respondent No.1 herein with a condition to reconvey the land. 20. In the aforesaid premises, we do not find any reason to interfere with the findings recorded by the first appellate court. As stated above, the High Court has rightly not interfered with the findings of fact recorded by the first appellate court. 21. For the aforesaid reasons, we do not find any merit in this appeal which is, accordingly, dismissed, but without any costs.
published in http://judis.nic.in/supremecourt/filename=40466 Page 1 ‘REPORTABLE’ IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CIVIL APPEAL NO. 4833 OF 2013 (Arising out of Special Leave Petition (Civil) No.578 of 2005) VANCHALABAI RAGHUNATH ITHAPE (D) BY LR. Appellant(s) VERSUS SHANKARRAO BABURAO BHILARE (D) BY LRS. AND OTHERS Respondent(s) JUDGMENT M.Y. EQBAL, J. Delay condoned. Leave granted. 2. … Continue reading
the Maharashtra Ownership of Flats (Regulation of Promotion of Construction, Sale, Management and Transfer) Act, 1963 (hereinafter referred to as ‘the Act’)= According to the provisions of Section 4 (1) of the Act, the agreement, if any, executed between the plaintiffs on one hand and the developer on the another, ought to have been registered with the sub-Registrar. 24. In absence of such a registered document, the plaintiffs would not get any right in respect of the flats, which they intended to purchase. Moreover, in absence of the registration, the Subsequent Buyers could not have got an opportunity to inspect the agreement and there could not be any presumption that the Subsequent Buyers knew about the agreement.; The letter of intent=The letter of intent cannot be said to be an agreement to sell for the simple reason that according to the contents of the letter of intent, only upon payment of the entire purchase price, the Developer and the plaintiffs were to enter into an agreement with regard to sale of the flats. This fact clearly denotes that no agreement to sell had been entered into between the plaintiffs and the Developer and in absence of such agreements, in our opinion, there cannot be any right in favour of the plaintiffs with regard to specific performance of any contract. Thus, in our opinion, the High Court did not commit any error while coming to the conclusion that there was no binding contract or agreement in existence between the plaintiffs and the Developer and therefore, the trial court could not have decreed the suit for specific performance.; subsequent buyers – whether bonafide or not = As no averment was made by the plaintiffs in their plaints that the Subsequent Buyers were not bonafide purchasers for consideration, the Subsequent Buyers could not have adduced any evidence to show that they were bonafide purchasers for consideration. Had such a plea been raised by the plaintiffs in their pleadings, the Subsequent Buyers could have adduced necessary evidence to prove their cases. In such cases, normally the burden of proof would lie on the plaintiffs unless there is a registered document so as to raise a presumption that the Subsequent Buyers had knowledge with regard to the earlier transaction. Such a burden of proof was not discharged by the plaintiffs and therefore, we are also of the view that the Subsequent Buyers were bonafide buyers for consideration.; amount refunded with interest = In view of the above circumstances, in our opinion, the High Court was right in allowing the appeals and directing the Developer to return the amount of the purchase price received by it from the plaintiffs with interest at the rate of 9% p.a. from the date when the letter of cancellation was written by the Developer to the plaintiffs. In our opinion, the said direction is just and proper however, looking to the rising price and inflationary trend in the country, we partly modify the judgment by increasing the rate of interest from 9% p.a. to 12% p.a. The said amount shall be paid to the plaintiffs by the Developer within two months from today.
Page 1 NON-REPORTABLE IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CIVIL APPEAL NO. 4509 OF 2007 HANSA V. GANDHI …APPELLANT VERSUS DEEP SHANKAR ROY & ORS. ….RESPONDENTS WITH CIVIL APPEAL NO. 4510 OF 2007 AND CIVIL APPEAL NO. 4511 OF 2007 J U D G M E N T ANIL R. DAVE, J. 1. … Continue reading
Both the Courts below dealt with the suit filed by the Appellant, as though the Respondents had no obligation under the agreement for completing the sale and this appears to have influenced their judgment in dismissing the Appellant’s suit for specific performance.-the Agreement to Sell was executed 34 years ago on 8th September, 1978, in respect of the suit property. We cannot shut our eyes to the fact that during this period the price of real estate has escalated sharply. In addition to the above, the Appellant has not suffered any material loss, since only the earnest money of Rs.50,000/- had been paid by him to the Respondents and the balance consideration was yet to be paid when the agreement came to be terminated. Even the said sum of Rs.50,000/- was returned to the Appellant immediately upon termination of the Agreement and the said amount was duly accepted by the Appellant, though by recording his objections subsequently. The Appellant, therefore, has not suffered any monetary loss, and, on the other hand, the value of the property must have sky-rocketed during the period between the execution of the Agreement till date. In fact, that is why there is no prayer in the alternative for return of any sums advanced, which is one of the usual prayers in suits for specific performance. 30. However, we are also of the view that the Appellant should be compensated for the time spent by him in pursuing his remedy in respect of the Agreement to Sell. Accordingly, we decree the suit, but instead of decreeing the suit for specific performance of the Agreement, we direct that the Respondents shall pay the Appellant costs for the litigation right throughout, assessed at Rs.25,00,000/-, to be paid by the Respondents to the Appellant within one month from date, without the Appellant having to proceed in execution for recovery of the same.
‘ REPORTABLE IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CIVIL APPEAL NO.5787 OF 2012 (Arising out of SLP(C)No.13490 of 2009) Rattan Lal (since deceased) Through His Legal Representatives … Appellant Vs. S.N. Bhalla & Ors. … Respondents J U D G M E N T ALTAMAS KABIR, J. 1. Leave granted. 2. The … Continue reading
whether the respondents are legally obliged to pay the interest, penal interest and penalty on account of the delayed payment of installments after having accepted the allotment of commercial plots by way of auction.- “19. …………In a public auction of sites, the position is completely different. A person interested can inspect the sites offered and choose the site which he wants to acquire and participate in the auction only in regard to such site. Before bidding in the auction, he knows or is in a position to ascertain, the condition and situation of the site. He knows about the existence or lack of amenities. The auction is on `as is where is basis’. With such knowledge, he participates in the auction and offers a particular bid. There is no compulsion that he should offer a particular price. 20. Where there is a public auction without assuring any specific or particular amenities, and the prospective purchaser/lessee participates in the auction after having an opportunity of examining the site, the bid in the auction is made keeping in view the existing situation, position and condition of the site. If all amenities are available, he would offer a higher amount. If there are no amenities, or if the site suffers from any disadvantages, he would offer a lesser amount, or may not participate in the auction. Once with open eyes, a person participates in an auction, he cannot thereafter be heard to say that he would not pay the balance of the price/premium or the stipulated interest on the delayed payment, or the ground rent, on the ground that the site suffers from certain disadvantages or on the ground that amenities are not provided.”
REPORTABLE IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CIVIL APPEAL NO. 5887 OF 2012 @ SPECIAL LEAVE PETITION (CIVIL) NO. 8734 OF 2009 Punjab Urban Planning & Dev. Authority & Ors. … Appellants Versus Raghu Nath Gupta & Ors. … Respondents WITH CIVIL APPEAL NO. 5888 OF 2012 @ SPECIAL LEAVE PETITION (CIVIL) … Continue reading
That if the Seller applies for sale permission within the time stipulated in clause 8 above, but does not get it within 6 months, the Seller may determine this Agreement and the Seller shall refund to the Purchaser the earnest money received by him without any damages or interest, within a period of 15 days from the date of determination of the Agreement.”This, however, brings us face to face with a rather difficult situation having regard to the fact that the Agreement to Sell was executed 34 years ago on 8th September, 1978, in respect of the suit property. We cannot shut our eyes to the fact that during this period the price of real estate has escalated sharply. In addition to the above, the Appellant has not suffered any material loss, since only the earnest money of Rs.50,000/- had been paid by him to the Respondents and the balance consideration was yet to be paid when the agreement came to be terminated. Even the said sum of Rs.50,000/- was returned to the Appellant immediately upon termination of the Agreement and the said amount was duly accepted by the Appellant, though by recording his objections subsequently. The Appellant, therefore, has not suffered any monetary loss, and, on the other hand, the value of the property must have sky-rocketed during the period between the execution of the Agreement till date. In fact, that is why there is no prayer in the alternative for return of any sums advanced, which is one of the usual prayers in suits for specific performance.
|REPORTABLE | IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CIVIL APPEAL NO.5787 OF 2012 (Arising out of SLP(C)No.13490 of 2009) 1 Rattan Lal (since deceased) 2 Through His Legal Representatives … Appellant Vs. 2 S.N. Bhalla & Anr. … Respondents J U D G M E N … Continue reading
Whether SBI could seek eviction of appellant from the flat, even if it is entitled to enforce the mortgage/charge?- the suit being one for enforcement of a mortgage by sale, it should be tried by the court and not by an arbitral tribunal. Therefore we uphold the dismissal of the application under section 8 of the Act, though for different reasons. The appeal is accordingly dismissed. We however make it clear that we have not recorded any finding, nor expressed any opinion, on the merits of the
‘ ITEM NO.1B COURT NO.3 SECTION IX S U P R E M E C O U R T O F I N D I A RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS CIVIL APPEAL NO(s). 5440 OF 2002 BOOZ-ALLEN & HAMILTON INC. Appellant (s) VERSUS SBI HOME FINANCE LTD. & ORS. Respondent(s) Date: 15/04/2011 This Appeal was called … Continue reading
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