SC Upheld Decree as High Court Erred in Treating Delay as Bar to Execution

Surinder Pal Soni Vs Sohan Lal (D) Thru LRs (Supreme Court of India) The appeal before the Supreme Court arose from a decision of the Punjab and Haryana High Court, which had allowed a civil revision filed by the judgment debtor and dismissed the decree holder’s execution application in a suit for specific performance. The High Court substituted the decree for specific performance with a direction for refund of earnest money, accepting objections that the decree holder had failed to deposit the balance sale consideration within the time contemplated in the decree. The litigation began in 200...