Specific Performance Decree Does Not Die Automatically: SC Revives Execution Despite Delay in Deposit

Anand Narayan Shukla Vs Jagat Dhari (Supreme Court of India) In a significant ruling on Specific Relief Act, 1963, the Supreme Court held that a decree for specific performance does not automatically become unenforceable merely because the purchaser failed to deposit the balance sale consideration within the time stipulated in the decree. The case involved a decree-holder who had obtained a decree for specific performance of a land sale agreement. Although the decree required payment of the balance consideration within one month, the amount was actually deposited much later during execution pr...