Parmeet Singh Anand & Anr. v. Subhash Chand Aggarwal & Anr.
Case brief
What is this about?
FAO(OS)(COMM) 128/2025; Delhi High Court appellate (intra-court appeal); CS(COMM) 824/2022; I.A.No.20016/2022; I.A.No.14311/2023; specific performance; Agreement-cum-Receipt 12 July 2020; gold Rs.5,00,000 earnest money; cheques never encashed; forgery of receipt alleged; police complaint 17 January 2023; SHO Station House Officer directions paragraphs 24-25; inherent powers; statutory remedy; FSL Forensic Science Laboratory handwriting expert report 29 November 2024; mismatch of signatures; prima facie not concluded proof; prove at trial; status report; modification and explanation of directions; inquiry/investigation; refund Rs.5 crores deposit bona fides; equities; Section 21 Specific Relief Act 1963 compensation; no prayer in plaint; liberty; Dasti; 20 August 2025; Nitin Wasudeo Sambre; Anish Dayal; Parmeet Singh Anand; Subhash Chand Aggarwal.
What did the court decide?
Appeal partly allowed and disposed of: the observations/directions in paragraphs 24-25 of the impugned judgement are modified and explained (the FSL report, being subject to trial scrutiny, may be brought to the SHO's notice and considered only for any inquiry/investigation he chooses to carry out); the direction to refund the Rs. 5 crores deposit is left undisturbed; liberty kept to the appellants vis-a-vis compensation under Section 21 of the Specific Relief Act, 1963; respondents may place the FSL report copy before the SHO. Judgement to be uploaded on the Court website; Dasti.