Supreme Court of India

Shrlmant Shamrao Suryavanshl and Anr. v. Pralhad Bhalroba Suryavanshi (d) by Lrs. and Ors.

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Bench V.N. Khare and Ashok Bhan JJ.

Decided 22 January 2002

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Transfer of Property Act, 1882 : Section 53- -Part performance-Statutory protection under the Section-Suit for possession of property by transferor against transferee- Transferee in possession of property in pursuance to part performance of agreement for sale-Held, such transferee can defend or protect his possession-Also such protection is available even if a suit for specific performance of an agreement to sell is barred by limitation since Limitation Act does not extinguish a defence, but only bars the remedy-Limitation Act, 1963.

Where later benches applied it

2017 Vasanthi v. Venugopal (d) Thr. Lrs. relied on
2025 Prem Aggarwal v. Mohan Singh & Ors. referred to
2022 Karan Kapoor v. Madhuri Kumar referred to
2018 Government of Nct of Delhi v. Union of India & Another referred to
2017 Commissioner of Income Tax v. Balbir Singh Maini referred to
2024 Giriyappa & Anr. v. Kamalamma & Ors. mentioned
2018 Govt. of Nct of Delhi v. Union of India mentioned

Of those, 1 relied on · 4 referred to · 2 mentioned

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