https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=193671 A lease-assignment correspondence sequence was held to create a concluded contract, because the parties exchanged offer, counter-offer, fresh offer, and unconditional acceptance; the agreement was not contingent on prior lessor consent. A covenant against assignment without consent was read subject to the qualification that consent should not be unreasonably withheld for a respectable or responsible assignee, and refusal on the facts was found unreasonable. Specific performance was therefore maintainable despite the absence of prior consent. The appellate court's receipt of additional evidence was also treated as proper because it was needed for just determination of the dispute. en-us Fri, 01 Dec 1950 00:00:00 +0530 Fri, 11 Aug 2017 17:23:46 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=193671 A lease-assignment correspondence sequence was held to create a concluded contract, because the parties exchanged offer, counter-offer, fresh offer, and unconditional acceptance; the agreement was not contingent on prior lessor consent. A covenant against assignment without consent was read subject to the qualification that consent should not be unreasonably withheld for a respectable or responsible assignee, and refusal on the facts was found unreasonable. Specific performance was therefore maintainable despite the absence of prior consent. The appellate court's receipt of additional evidence was also treated as proper because it was needed for just determination of the dispute. Case-Laws Indian Laws Fri, 01 Dec 1950 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=193671