LAWS(SC)-2011-12-21

SHANKER SINGH Vs. NARINDER SINGH

Decided On December 15, 2011
SHANKER SINGH Appellant
V/S
NARINDER SINGH Respondents

JUDGEMENT

(1.) This appeal by special leave under Article 136 of the Constitution of India, seeks to challenge the judgment and order dated 8.4.2003 rendered by a learned Single Judge of the Punjab and Haryana High Court, in Civil Regular Second Appeal No. 1338/1983. The learned Single Judge has allowed the said second appeal by the respondent Nos. 1 and 2 (contesting respondents and original plaintiffs), who had filed a suit for specific performance of an agreement entered into with the appellant (original defendant No. 1). Although various questions of law are sought to be raised in this appeal, the relevant questions for our determination are mainly two viz. (a) whether the High Court has erred in applying the provisions of Sections 12, 14 and 20 of the Specific Relief Act 1963 (hereinafter referred as 'the act' for short), and (b) whether the agreement in question being vague in nature was incapable of being performed

(2.) On 12.1.1977 the appellant herein, a resident of Village Dera Saidan entered into an agreement to sell certain property with the respondent No. 1, a resident of Dera Mainda, both villages being in Tehsil Sultanpur, Distt. Kapurthala of State of Punjab. The property to be sold consisted of two parts viz. agricultural land, and a house property. The Agricultural lands were bearing Khasra nos. 25/21/1-1/11-19, 26//24/6-11, 10/8-0, 12/5-8, 19/6-13, 20/8-0, 25//5/8-0, 15/8-0, 16/8-0, 17-8-0, 18/6-14, 21/2/5/7, 22/5-14, 23/8-0, 24/8-0, 25/7-18, 26/2-0, 34//2/6-14, 25//13/3-13.

(3.) The relevant clause of the agreement stated as follows:-