Specific Performance: Plea Of Hardship Cannot Be Raised If Not Pleaded In Written Statement: SC [Read Judgment]

The Supreme Court has observed that a defendant in a specific performance suit should plead in his written statement the hardship that will be caused if the decree of specific performance of the contract is passed against him. Otherwise, such plea cannot be permitted to be raised in a later stage, the bench comprising Justice L. Nageswara Rao and Justice MR Shah said while confirming...