Supreme Court of India

Gajara Vishnu Gosavi v. Prakash Nanasahed Kamble & Ors.

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Reported as [2009] 14 S.C.R. 569
Bench Dalveer Bhandari and Dr. B.S. Chauhan JJ.
Decided 16 September 2009

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What the Court ordered

In view of the above, the law emerges to the effect that in a given case an undivided share of a co-parcener can be a subject matter of sale/transfer, but possession cannot be handed over to the vendee unless the property is partitioned H -574 SUPREME .COURT REPORTS [2009] 14 (ADDL.) S.C.R. A by metes and bounds, either by the decree of a Court in a partition suit, or by settlement among the co-sharers.

Judgment, page 5

From the headnote

TRANSFER OF PROPERTY: Property in joint and common possession - Partition not , effected - part of the property sold by heir of one or the co- parceners - Purchaser filing suit for possession - Suit dismissed - Held: In a given case an undivided share of a co-parcener can be a subject matter of sale/transfer, but possession cannot be handed over to the vendee unless the D1 property is partitioned by metes and bounds, either by the decree of a court in a partition suit, or by settlement among the co-sharers - In the instant case, all the three courts below have recorded the finding of fact

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