Supreme Court · 2023 INSC 593 · Decided 4 July 2023
Indira Devi v. Veena Gupta & ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2023 INSC 593 · [2023] 10 S.C.R. 372
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 9833/2014
- Decided
- 4 July 2023
- Bench
- ABHAY S. OKA, RAJESH BINDAL (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Civil
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 inferred in a document - deed will not be personal to the vendor unless the terms in the documents 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 -
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