Supreme Court of India

Indira Devi v. Veena Gupta & Ors.

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Reported as [2023] 10 S.C.R. 372
Bench Abhay S. Oka and Rajesh Bindal JJ.
Decided 4 July 2023

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What the Court ordered

For the reasons mentioned above, we do not find any error in the judgment of the High Court.

Judgment, page 15

From the headnote

Deeds and Documents – Sale deed – Whether the vendor can assign the right contained in a sale deed to get the property registered back or the right being personal cannot be assigned – Held: No implied prohibition of transfer or assignment can be i nferred in a document – Condition of right to repurchase in sale dee d will not be personal to the vendor unless the terms in the d ocuments specifically state so – Such a right can always be assigned and the contract containing such condition shall be enforceable – The only exception being that such a right should not be personal in nature – In the

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