Supreme Court of India

Guruswamy Nadar v. P. Lakshmi Ammal (d) through Lrs. & Ors.

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Reported as [2008] 7 S.C.R. 435
Bench A.K. Mathur J.
Decided 1 May 2008

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3 Supreme Court benches have cited this judgment.

From the headnote

Transfer of Property Act, 1882 - s. 52 - Principle of lis pendens - Applicability of - Pendency of suit for specific performance- Subsequent sale of the same property by owner c to second purchaser - Held: As suit was filed before second sale of the property, principle of I is pendens would be attracted even though the subsequent purchaser purchased the same in good faith and his rights were protected u/s. 19(b) - Second sale cannot have overriding effect on first sale - More so, it is apparent that the plaintiff while he filed suit for specific ....... performance was ready and willing to

Where later benches applied it

Of those, 1 relied on · 2 referred to

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