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Transfer of Property Pending Suit Relating Thereto (S 52)
Transfer of Property Pending Suit Relating Thereto (S 52)
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Transfer of Property
(General Principles of Transfer of Property)
Transfer of property pending suit relating thereto (s 52)
General principle: pendente lite nihil innovature
Doctrine of Lis pendens: founded on necessity, not notice
Rajendra Singh v Santa Singh AIR 1973 SC 2537.
Sanjay Verma v Manik Roy AIR 2007 SC 1332.
Essentials
o A litigation (suit or proceeding) should be pending in a court of
competent jurisdiction
o The suit must be relating to a specific immovable property
o The suit should directly and specifically relate to a right in this specific
property
o The suit should not be collusive
o Property should not be transferred or otherwise dealt with — by any
party to the suit — so as to affect the rights of any party thereto — till the
final disposal of the case
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Lecture
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Transfer of Property
(General Principles of Transfer of Property)
Effect of the doctrine of lis pendens
Pendency
Supreme General Films Exchange v Brij Nath Singh Deo AIR 1975
SC 1810.
Suit or proceeding — compromise suit or consent decrees
Arjan Singh v Punit Ahluwalia AIR 2008 SC 2718.
Court of competent jurisdiction
Appeal and execution
Proceedings in civil appeal before the Supreme Court
Execution sales
Revenue sales
Collusive suits
Notice
Specific right in an immovable property
Directly and specifically in question
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Lecture
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Transfer of Property
(General Principles of Transfer of Property)
Mortgage
Right created before the filing of suit
Right of pre-emption
Or otherwise dealt with
Partition
Party to the suit
Decision binding on the alienee
Status of the transfer
Right of alienee pendente lite to be impleaded as a party to
the lis
Right of any other party under the decree
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