Tagged “specific-performance”

2 articles on specific-performance.

Katta Sujatha Reddy v. Siddamsetty Infra: the prospectivity ruling reversed on review

A 2022 bench held the 2018 Specific Relief Act amendment prospective and disturbed a specific-performance decree; in 2024 the Supreme Court allowed review, restored the High Court's decree on the merits and applied lis pendens, leaving the prospectivity question arguably open.

Valkya Editorial·14 Jun 2026·8 min

Landmark JudgmentSupreme Court of India

Satyabrata Ghose v. Mugneeram Bangur: frustration as a rule of positive law

In 1953 a three-judge bench laid the foundation of Indian frustration doctrine, holding that Section 56 of the Contract Act is a complete code, that 'impossibility' means impracticability striking at the root of the contract, and that a temporary war requisition did not frustrate a no-fixed-time development contract.

Valkya Editorial·14 Jun 2026·8 min