Supreme Court of India

Mis. John Tinson and Co., Pvt. Ltd. and Ors. Etc. v. Mrs. Surjeet Malhan and Anr. Etc.

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Reported as [1997] 1 S.C.R. 842
Bench K. Ramaswamy and G.T. Nanavati JJ.
Decided 3 February 1997

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Contract Act, 1872: S. 25(1)-Shares in the name of wife-Husband transferring the shares to third party without wriUen authority from wife-Held: Plea of Implied consent rejected-Transfer invalid-Transfer for a considera­ tion of Re. 1 only-In the eye of law, this is no consideration and hence the trans[ er agreement itself is void. Balloishan Gupta v. Swadeshi Polytex Ltd., [1985] 2 SCC 167, distin­ guished .. Vasudev Ramchandra Shelat v. Pranlal Jayanand 1)1akar & Ors., [1974] 2 SCC 323 & M.P. Barucha v. W. Sarabhai & CO., 53 (IA) 92, held inapplicable. CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION: Civil

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