KUMAR GONSUSAB & ORS. versus SRI MOHAMMED MIYAN URF SABAN & ORS.

KUMAR GONSUSAB & ORS. versus SRI MOHAMMED MIYAN URF SABAN & ORS.

Suit for pre-emption based upon an agreement to sell, and not an executed sale deed, is not maintainable in law as no cause of action arises; under Mohammedan law and the Transfer of Property Act, pre-emption arises only from a completed sale, not from an agreement to sell.

Parties
Appellant: Kumar Gonsusab; Appellant: Kumar Shafi Mohd; Appellant: Smt. Hamedabegum; Respondent: Sri Mohammed Miyan Urf Sabban; Respondent: Mohd. Ismail Urf Badshah (since deceased)
Jurisdiction
India
Judgment Date
19 August 2008
Procedural Posture
Civil Appeal / Final Disposition of Supreme Court Appeal
Outcome
appeal allowed
Legal Topics
Pre Emption, Agreement to Sell, Vicinage, Cause of Action

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Parties

Kumar Gonsusab

Appellant

Kumar Shafi Mohd

Appellant

Smt. Hamedabegum

Appellant

Sri Mohammed Miyan Urf Sabban

Respondent

Mohd. Ismail Urf Badshah (since deceased)

Respondent

Procedural Posture

Civil Appeal / Final Disposition of Supreme Court Appeal

  1. 1 Whether a suit for pre-emption on the ground of vicinage can be entertained when only an agreement for sale has been entered into with respect to the suit property.

Ratio Decidendi

Suit for pre-emption based upon an agreement to sell, and not an executed sale deed, is not maintainable in law as no cause of action arises; under Mohammedan law and the Transfer of Property Act, pre-emption arises only from a completed sale, not from an agreement to sell.

Court Disposition

appeal allowed

Orders

  • Judgment and decree of High Court in second appeal set aside.
  • Suit of respondents dismissed.