Supreme Court of India

Hamzabi and Ors. v. Syed Karimuddin and Ors.

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Reported as [2000] SUPP. 5 S.C.R. 99
Bench V.N. Khare and Ruma Pal JJ.
Decided 28 November 2000

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What the Court ordered

For the reasons stated earlier, the respondent No.l's right of redemption does not survive and the appeal must be allowed.

Judgment, page 10

From the headnote

Transfer of Property Act, 1882-Sections 53A, 60-Jmpact of Section 53- on the right of redemption granted by Section 60-Held, Section 53- protects the possession of persons who have acted on a contract of sale but in whose favour no legally valid sale deed is executed or registered. In 1951, one created usufructury mortgage of his house for 7 years in favour of appellant for Rs. 700. In 1953, entered into an agreement to sell the house to appellant's husband Y for Rs. 825 by an agreement dated 8th July 1953. Rs. 15 was received as earnest money and the balance amount was to be received at the

Where later benches applied it

Of those, 2 relied on

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