Supreme Court of India

Sadashiv Prasad Singh v. Harendar Singh & Ors.

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Reported as [2014] 1 S.C.R. 249

Bench A.K. Patnaik and Jagdish Singh Khehar JJ.

Decided 8 January 2014

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What the Court ordered

We are of the view that the impugned order dated 17.5.2010 passed by the High Court allowing Letters Patent Appeal No.844 of 2010 deserves H to be set aside.

Judgment, page 20

From the headnote

Auction: Auction sale - Rights of auction purchaser in the c property purchased ..;. Held: Cannot be extinguished except in cases where the said purchase can be assailed on grounds of fraud or collusion ..:. In the instant case, there was no allegation of fraud or collusion as regards auction purchase by a third party - It was no body's case that at the time of 0 auction purchase, the· value of the property purchased by him was in excess of his bid .:... Besides, no objection was raised to attachment proclamations and notices in newspapers for auction - Auction sale was confirmed and

Authorities it was built on

2008 Valji Khimji and Company v. Official Liquidator of Hindustan Nitro Product (gujarat) Ltd. and Ors cited by 10
1996 Padanathil Rugmini Amma v. P.K. Abdulla cited by 5
2008 Janatha Textiles & Ors. v. Tax Recovery Officer & Anr. cited by 4
1994 Gurjoginder Singh v. Smt. Jaswant Kaur and Anr. cited by 3
2006 Ashwin S. Mehta and Anr. v. Custodian and Ors. cited by 3

Where later benches applied it

2022 Saranpal Kaur Anand v. Praduman Singh Chandhok and Others relied on
2023 Celir Llp v. Bafna Motors (mumbai) Pvt. Ltd. & Ors. referred to
2022 M/s. Jagan Singh & Co. v. Ludhiana Improvement Trust & Ors. referred to
2016 Anita International v. Tungabadra Sugar Works Mazdoor Sangh - and Others not applicable

Of those, 1 relied on · 2 referred to · 1 not applicable

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