Supreme Court of India

Suraj Lamp & Industries Pvt. Ltd. v. State of Haryana & Anr.

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Reported as [2011] 11 S.C.R. 848

Bench R.V. Raveendran, A. K. Patnaik and H. L. Gokhale JJ.

Decided 11 October 2011

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From the headnote

Transfer of property: Transactions under Sale Agreement/Genera/ Power of Attorney/ Will (SA/GPA/Will) - HELD: Immovable property can be legally and lawfully transferred/conveyed 9nly by a registered deed of conveyance - Courts will not treat o transactions of the nature of 'GPA sales' or 'SA/GPA/Will transfers' as completed or concluded tr,ansfers or as conveyances, since they neither convey title nor do they create any interest in an immovable property - Such· transactions cannot be recognized as valid mode of ·transfer of· immoveable property - They cannot be recognized as deeds of title,

Authorities it was built on

2005 State of Rajasthan and Ors. v. Basant Nahata cited by 19
1976 Narandas Karsondas v. S. A. Kamtam & Anr. cited by 16
2004 Rambhau Namdeo Gajre v. Narayan Bapuji Dhotra (dead) through Lrs. cited by 6

Where later benches applied it

2025 Ramesh Chand (d) Thr. Lrs. v. Suresh Chand and Anr. relied on
2025 Vinod Infra Developers Ltd. v. Mahaveer Lunia & Ors. relied on
2025 M.S. Ananthamurthy & Anr. v. J. Manjula relied on
2019 Idbi Bank Limited through Dgm (legal) v. The Official Liquidator, Office of the Official Liquidator of Companies & Anr. relied on
2017 The Greater Bombay Co-operative Bank Limited v. Mr. Nagraj Ganeshmal Jain & Ors. relied on
2016 Tmt. Kasthuri Radhakrishnan & Ors. v. M. Chinniyan & Anr. relied on
2014 Maya Devi v. Lalta Prasad relied on
2025 Mahnoor Fatima Imran & Ors. v. M/s Visweswara Infrastructure Pvt Ltd. & Ors. referred to
2025 The Correspondence, Rbanms Educational Institution v. B. Gunashekar & Another referred to
2025 Smt. Uma Devi and Ors. v. Sri. Anand Kumar and Ors. referred to
2024 P. Ravindranath & Anr. v. Sasikala & Ors. referred to
2023 Vijay v. Union of India & Ors. referred to
2023 Manik Majumder and Others v. Dipak Kumar Saha (dead) through Lrs. & Others referred to
2022 G.T. Girish v. Y. Subba Raju (d) by Lrs and Another referred to
2012 The Church of Christ Charitable Trust & Educational Charitable Society, Represented by its Chairman v. M/s Ponniamman Educational Trust Represented by its Chairperson/ Managing Trustee referred to
2012 State of M.P. v. Rakesh Kohli & Anr. mentioned
2025 The Cosmos Co. Operative Bank Ltd. v. Central Bank of India & Ors. relied upon

Of those, 7 relied on · 8 referred to · 1 mentioned · 1 relied upon

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