Mr. Aayush Modi is seeking legal counsel regarding the purchase of 13 acres of land from Mr. Rahul Pawar. Mr. Modi negotiated and agreed to purchase the land for farming at 7 lakh rupees per acre, with the implied conditions that the land was suitable for water intensive crops and that fencing would be installed. However, soil testing revealed 4 acres were unsuitable for farming and fencing was not completed as agreed. Due to the misrepresentation of the land's fertility and breach of installing fencing, Mr. Modi seeks explanation from Mr. Pawar and return of the initial installment payment.
Mr. Aayush Modi is seeking legal counsel regarding the purchase of 13 acres of land from Mr. Rahul Pawar. Mr. Modi negotiated and agreed to purchase the land for farming at 7 lakh rupees per acre, with the implied conditions that the land was suitable for water intensive crops and that fencing would be installed. However, soil testing revealed 4 acres were unsuitable for farming and fencing was not completed as agreed. Due to the misrepresentation of the land's fertility and breach of installing fencing, Mr. Modi seeks explanation from Mr. Pawar and return of the initial installment payment.
Mr. Aayush Modi is seeking legal counsel regarding the purchase of 13 acres of land from Mr. Rahul Pawar. Mr. Modi negotiated and agreed to purchase the land for farming at 7 lakh rupees per acre, with the implied conditions that the land was suitable for water intensive crops and that fencing would be installed. However, soil testing revealed 4 acres were unsuitable for farming and fencing was not completed as agreed. Due to the misrepresentation of the land's fertility and breach of installing fencing, Mr. Modi seeks explanation from Mr. Pawar and return of the initial installment payment.
INSTRUCTIONS BY THE ASSOCIATED CLIENT (IF ANY) ADVERTISEMENT OF THE 20/03/2021 Mr. Rahul Pawar had published SALE OF LAND BY Mr. advertisement for the sale of his RAHUL PAWAR 13 acres of land in the Times of India Newspaper.
REACHING OUT TO MR. 25/03/2021 My client reached out to Mr.
RAHUL PAWAR ABOUT Pawar expressing interest with THE ADVERTISEMENT respect to acquiring the aforementioned property.
NEGOTIATION ON THE 26/03/2021- After deliberation with Mr.
PRICE OF THE LAND(PER 29/03/2021 Pawar, my client settled at a ACRE) negotiated price of 7 lakh rupees per acre PURPOSE OF BUYING 26/03/2021 THE LAND AS AN IMPLIED During the above mentioned CONDITION negotiation, it was made clear to Mr. Pawar by my client that this buying of land is with a purpose of farming and especially for water intensive crops.
The primary interest of my client
to cultivate crops such as cotton and soyabean was made abundantly clear to Mr. Rahul to which Mr. Rahul assured my client of the required fertility of the land. [GENERAL INSTRUCITONS] Mr. Aayush Modi
This was one of the premises on
which my client was ready to buy the land.
This condition can be said to be
an implied condition.
NOC (NO OBJECTION 30/03/2021 An NOC was issued which
CERTIFICATE) verified Mr. Rahul’s legal entitlement to the property.
AGREEMENT FOR SALE 1/04/2021 After, that there was mutual
OF LAND consent on the mode (Bank account transfer) and dates of instalment. The series of transaction established by mutual consent of the parties is as follows- Total Payment- 13*7= 91 Lakh rupees to be made in 4 equal instalments i.e rupees 22 Lakhs 75 thousand rupees each. 1st instalment to be completed on 10/4/2021 2nd instalment to be completed on 17/4/2021, 3rd instalment on 25/4/2021. 4th installment to be completed on 1/5/2021.
AN ESSENTIAL Till the As per a mutual understanding,
CONDITION payment of Mr. Pawar had promised to PRECEDENTTO BE second install fencing around the land by FULFILLED BY MR. installment the date of second installment. PAWAR (17/4/2021) [GENERAL INSTRUCITONS] Mr. Aayush Modi
MISREPRESENTATION As per the testing of the soil, the
ABOUT THE FERTILITY results of which came on OF THE LAND 23/04/2021, it was made clear that approximately 4 acres of the land was relatively unfertile rendering it useless for water intensive cultivation. BREACH OF CONDITION PRECEDENT OF THE The fencing of the land was also CONTRACT not completed by the due date.
WITHOLDING OF On the above two ground, Mr.
SUSEQUENT PAYMENT Pawar has clearly acted in bad OF INTSTALLATION faith i.e., By not disclosing to my client of the true status of the fertility of the land. By failing to install the fencing around the land.
RELIEF SOUGHT BY MY There is breach of duty on part
CLIENT of Mr. Pawar rendering it to be an instance of misrepresentation as per s. 18(Indian Contracts Act, 1872). My client seeks explanation of the other party in this regard. Morever, the conditions predent of installing the fencing is also not completed by Mr. Pawar. Hence, on the account of breach of duty , my client seeks the return of intial installation as per s. 73 of the Act.