Supreme Court of India

The State of Kerala & Ors v. M/s Joseph & Company

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Reported as [2021] 11 S.C.R. 601
Bench Hemant Gupta and A. S. Bopanna JJ.
Decided 3 September 2021

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Transfer of Property Act, 1882 – ss. 111(g) & 112 – Sale of a portion of land – Allegation of breach of lease deed – The erstwhile Travancore-Cochin Government in 1953 auctioned cert ain properties – One ‘P.I’ offered his bid to an extent o f 246.26 acres and took possession in the year 1955 – No lease agr eement was entered between them – Then ‘P.I’ assigned the said property in favour of one ‘KKJ’ – Pursuant to such transaction, the State executed a lease deed dated 15.12.1979 in favour of ‘KKJ’ – ‘KKJ’ was representing a partnership firm – In 1983, ‘KKJ ’ executed a sale deed and

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