Supreme Court of India

Rama Devi v. Dilip Singh

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Reported as [2008] 5 S.C.R. 75
Bench Tarun Chatterjee and Harjit Singh Bedi JJ.
Decided 14 March 2008

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What the Court ordered

In view of the above findings, we are of the opinion that no further issue arises.

Judgment, page 12

From the headnote

Transfer of Property - Transfer of land with possession - By a Bhumidhar - Against a loan - Execution of Mortgage deed - Transferer filing suit seeking redemption of the c mortgage - Trial Court as well as first and second appellate courts finding that the transaction was in fact a sale and not a conditional mortgage - On appeal, held: Transferer lost the right of redemption - Apart from concurrent finding that the transaction was a sale, even by virtue of s. 164 of Zamindari Abolition Act, such transaction would be deemed to be a sale to the transferee - Uttar Pradesh Zaminidari Abolition

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