Case brief index
Property Law
65 cases organised by topic.
Private Property and Types of Property
Private property, movable/immovable property, fixtures
- Property Owners Association v. State of Maharashtra (2024)
- Ananda Behera v. State of Orissa (1955) 2 SCR 919
- Shantabai v. State of Bombay, AIR 1958 SC 532
- Suresh Chand v. Kundan (2001) 10 SCC 221
- Duncan Industries Ltd. v State of Uttar Pradesh, (2000) SCC 633
- Triveni Engineering & Industries Limited v. Comm. of Central Excise (2000) 7 SCC 29
- CCE, Ahmedabad v Solid & Correct Engineering Works and Others, (2010) 5 SCC 122
Right to Property and Land Acquisition
Eminent domain, compensation, public purpose
Registration and Stamp Duty
Registered documents, sale deeds, invalid transfers
Meaning of Transfer
What amounts to transfer under TPA
What Property Can Be Transferred
Spes successionis, chance of succession, feeding the grant
Conditions and Restraints on Transfer
Restrictions, covenants, restraint on alienation
- Umadevi Nambiar v. Thamarasseri Roman Catholic Diocese (2022) 7 SCC 90
- Syed Mohammad Raza v. Abbas Bandi Bibi Air 1932 Pc. 158
- Zoroastrian Co-Operative Housing Society Ltd v. District Registrar Co-Op Societies (Urban) (2005) 5 SCC 632
- Hukmi Chand v Jaipur Ice and Oil Mills Company, AIR 1980 RAJ 155
- Omniplast v. HSIIDC (2014) CWP No. 21239 of 2013
- K. Muniswamy v. K. Venkataswamy AIR 2001 Kant. 246
- Tulk v. Moxhay [1848] 41 ER 1143
Future Interests and Perpetuity
Vested interest, contingent interest, unborn persons
- Valliammai Achi v. Nagappa Chettiar 1967 AIR 1153
- Usha Subbarao v. B. N. Vishveswaraiah (1996) 5 SCC 201
- Vasanthi v. Venugopal (2017) 4 SCC 723
- Kokilambal and Ors. v. N.Raman AIR 2005 SC 2468
- P.K.Mohan Ram v. B.N.Ananthachary AIR 2010 SC 1725
- Girjesh Dutt v. Data Din AIR 1934 Oudh 35
- Rajes Kanta Roy v. Santi Debi AIR 1957 SC 255
- R Kempraj v. Barton Son & Co. AIR 1970 SC 1872
Priority, Notice and Attestation
Notice, constructive notice, attestation, priority
- Tanu Ram Bora v. Promod Ch. Das (2019) 4 SCC 173
- Supreme General Films Exchange Ltd. v. His Highness Maharaja Sir Brijnath Singhji Deo of Maihar and ors. (1975) 2 SCC 530
- M.L. Abdul Jabbar Sahib v. M.V. Venkata Sastri & Sons and Others AIR 1969 SC 1147
- Kumar Harish Chandra Singh Deo v. Bansidhar Mohanty, AIR 1965 SC 1738; (1966) 1 SCR 153
- Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation v. Haji Abdul Gafur Haji Hussenbhai, AIR 1971 SC 1201; (1971) 1 SCC 757
- Pratima Chowdhury v. Kalpana Mukherjee and Ors. AIR 2014 SC 1304
Part Performance
Section 53A TPA, possession under contract
Transfer During Pending Litigation
Lis pendens, buyer during litigation, pending suit
- Samarendra Nath Sinha v. Krishna Kumar Nag AIR (1967) SC 1440
- T. G. Ashok Kumar v. Govindammal and another (2010) 14 SCC 370
- Abdul Shukoor v. Arji Papa Rao AIR 1963 SC 1150
- Guruswamy Nadar v. P Lakshmi Ammal through LRs & Ors (2008) 5 SCC 796
- Jayaram Mudaliar v. Ayyaswamy AIR 1973 SC 569
- Madhukar Nivrutti Jagtap v. Smt. Pramilabai (2020) 15 SCC 731
Fraudulent Transfers
Transfers made to defeat creditors or parties
Sale, Exchange and Gift
Sale deed, agreement to sell, gift, acceptance
Lease, Licence and Tenancy
Lease vs licence, tenancy, rent control, termination
- Vidya Drolia v. Durga Trading [Supreme Court, 14 December 2020]
- Sivayogeswara Cotton Press v. M. Panchaksharappa, AIR 1962 SC 413
- Dhanpal Chettiar v. Yesodai Ammal AIR 1979 SC 1745
- Shanti Devi v. Amal Kumar AIR 1981 SC 1550 23
- Laxmidas Bapudas v. Rudravva 2001 (2) SCC 409
- Associated Hotels of India Ltd. v. R.N. Kapoor (AIR 1959 SC 1262)
- Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd. V. Chembur Service Station, 2011(4) SCALE 209
Mortgage and Charge
Mortgage, charge, redemption, mortgagor rights
Adverse Possession
Title by possession, limitation, ownership claim