Supreme Court of India

Patel Ravjibhai Bhulabhaj (d) Thr. Lrs. v. Rahemanbhai M.. Shaikh (d) Thr. Lrs. & Ors.

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Reported as [2016] 2 S.C.R. 1002
Bench Ranjan Gogoi and Prafulla C. Pant JJ.
Decided 2 May 2016

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What the Court ordered

We are of the view that the High Court has rightly held that the deed in question Exh.23 read with Exh. 37 is a mortgage by way of conditional sale and the decree passed in favour of the plaintiffs does not require to be interfered with.

Judgment, page 6

From the headnote

Transfer. of Property Act, 1882 - ss.58(c), 60 .-.Ex.ecution of deed between parties -· lnterpretatiOn of - Mortgage by conditional sale or sale with optiolT to repurchase.- Held: There was a condition in the deed that if pl'aintiffs-respondents make repayment of Rs. I 0, 000/- within a period .of five years, defendants would handover the possession of proeprty in suit back to plaintiffs - Condition reflects that the actual transaciion between the parties was of a loan, and the relationship of debtor and creditor existed - Thus, the High Court rightly held that the deed is a mortgage by way

Where later benches applied it

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