Transfer of Property Act, 1882, Section 54, Evidence Act, 1872, Section 68 -- Sale deed - Proof - Attesting witnesses are not required to be examined to prove sale deed...........
Transfer of Property Act, 1882, Section 54 -- Sale deed - Source of consideration money - Need not to be proved when sale deed itself contains receiving of sale consideration by seller...........
Mutation -- Mutation proceedings are administrative in nature which do not confer or take away substantial rights of parties - It is the sale deed which transfers ownership from seller to purchaser...........
Specific Relief Act, 1963, Section 34 -- Suit for declaration of title - Land in question was sold by father of plaintiff through registered sale deed in favour of defendants and they are in continuous possession of same - Plaintiff was well aware of the fact that land in question is mutated in the name of defendants long back still he neither instituted any proceedings..........
Limitation Act, 1963, Article 65 -- Limitation - Suit for declaration of title and possession - Sale deed in question executed in 1967 - Plaintiff himself admitted that he first time came to know that land is being cultivated by defendants in the year 1985 - Though it is said that due to family relations and adjacent boundaries plaintiff could not gather that possession of..........
Limitation Act, 1963, Article 136 -- Execution - Limitation - Execution of decree for getting possession of property in a decree for specific performance - Limitation starts to run from the date of execution of sale deed and not from the date of decree...........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 1, Rule 10 -- Impleadment of a party - Transferee pendente lite - Defendants, who are family members of plaintiff not contesting the suit - Petitioner has purchased the property by registered sale deed on payment of sale consideration - Impleadment allowed...........
Specific Relief Act, 1963, Section 28 -- Decree for specific performance - Extension of time to deposit balance sale consideration - Trial Court in its discretion granted extension of time for depositing balance sale consideration assigning cogent reasons - Plaintiff deposited the balance sale consideration and sale deed was executed in his favour - High Court therefore,..........
Agreement to sell -- Specific performance - Plaintiff paid 80% of entire sale consideration to defendants and were ready to pay remaining sale consideration - Even, plaintiffs presented themselves in the office of Sub-Registrar for getting sale deed registered and executed - Plaintiffs were indeed ready and willing to perform their part of agreement to sell - Suit rightly..........
West Bengal Land Reforms Act, 1956, Section 8, 9 -- Pre-emption - Deposit of entire sale consideration with additional 10% of the sale consideration, alongwith pre-emption application is a statutory and mandatory requirement and it is a pre-condition before any further enquiry as contemplated u/s 9 of the Act is held - Non compliance of said mandatory provision would..........
