Case brief
What is this about?
Second appeal under Sec. 100 CPC dismissed, confirming concurrent findings; specific performance refused where the plaintiff-side agreement (Ex.A1, 12.09.1984, Rs. 27,000) was secured by coercion and compulsion without pre-consent, and the plaintiffs had knowledge of the prior agreement (Ex.B1, 10.09.1984, Rs. 26,000, advance Rs. 20,000) with the subsequent purchaser; bona fide purchaser for value protected (sale deed 23.05.1985); equitable relief requires clean hands; decisive evidence of defendant examined as C.W.1 after remand ordered in S.A.No. 135 of 2007; fingerprint expert report Ex.A10 proving signatures held insufficient to validate a coerced agreement; suits from Tiruvallur (District Munsif and Subordinate Judge); Madras High Court; T.V. Thamilselvi J.; decided 18-02-2026.
What did the court decide?
None to the appellants; the concurrent findings of the courts below were confirmed, the Second Appeal was dismissed with no costs, and the connected Civil Miscellaneous Petition (CMP No. 8080 of 2025) was closed.