V. Tharumalingam v. S. Arulanandam and wife – CA APPEAL NO. 591/97-2016

In the case between Mrs. Elizabeth Nesamma Tharumalingam and S. Arulanandam, the court addressed the enforceability of specific performance of an agreement to sell property, as well as the entitlement to ejectment following the terms of the agreement marked P2. The principal legal issues involved whether the agreement contained sufficient certainty to justify specific performance and ejectment, and whether procedural errors by the District Judge—specifically, the alleged failure to directly answer all issues framed—were fatal to the judgment. It was held that the agreement provided adequate clarity, ejectment could be granted, and the District Judge’s treatment of the issues substantially satisfied legal requirements, rendering the omission non-fatal. The court reaffirmed that substantive