DAMODARAM SANJIVAYYA NATIONAL LAW

UNIVERSITY
VISAKHAPATNAM, A.P., INDIA

PROJECT TITLE

DOCTRINE OF LIS PENDENS UNDER TRANSFER OF PROPERTY ACT, 1882.

SUBJECT

TRANSFER OF PROPERTY

NAME OF THE FACULTY

P. JOGI NAIDU

Name of the Candidate : M. Indhu Sri

Roll No. : 2018035

Semester : 4th
 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

I would sincerely like to put forward my heartfelt appreciation to our respected Transfer of
Property faculty, Assistant Professor, Mr. P. Jogi Naidu for giving me this golden
opportunity to take up this project in terms of the case analysis regarding “Doctrine of Lis
Pendens under the Transfer of Property Act, 1882.” I have tried my best to collect information
about the project in various possible ways to depict clear picture about the given project topic.
 TABLE OF CONTENTS

1.1. INTRODUCTION…………………………………...……………………………………1
1.2. DOCTRINE OF LIS PENEDENS……………………………………………………...2-5
1.2.1. MEANING……………………………………………………………………...2
1.2.2. PRINCIPLE……………………………………………………………………..2
1.2.3. OBJECTIVE………………………………………………………………….....3
1.2.4. BASIS…………………………………………………………………………...4
1.2.5. STATE AMENDMENTS IN GUJARAT AND MAHARASHTRA….………..5
1.3. PROVISIONS OF SECTION 52…………………………………………………..…..….5
1.3.1. CRITICAL EVALUATION OF SECTION 52………………………………….5
1.4. ESSENTIAL CONDITIONS FOR APPLICATION OF SEC 52……………………..…..5
1.5. APPLICATION OF SECTION 52…………………………………………………..….6-7
1.6. NON APPLICATION OF DOCTRINE OF LISPENDENS………………………………8
1.7. PENDENCY OF SUIT OR PROCEEDING………………………………………..…8-10
1.7.1. PROCEEDINGS…………………………………………………………….....10
1.7.2. COMPARITIVE SUIT……………………………………………………...…10
1.8. PENDENCY IN THE COMPETENT JURISDICTION………………………………...10
1.9. RIGHT TO IMMOVABLE PROPERTY MUST BE INVOLVED…………………...…11
1.9.1. RIGHTS IN MOVABLE PROPERTY………………………………………...12
1.10. SUIT MUST BE COLLUSIVE…………………………………………………………12
1.11. PROPERTY IS TRANSFERRED TO OTHERS IS DEALT WITH…………………...13
1.11.1. INVOLUNTARY TRANSFERS…………………………………………..…13
1.11.2. TRANSFER BY ANY PARTY TO THE SUIT……………………………...14
1.12. TRANSFER AFFECTS RIGHTS OF ANY ANOTHER PARTY……………………...14
1.13. EFFECT OF THE PRINCIPLE OF LIS PENDENS…………………………………...15
1.14. RECCOMMENDATION BY SUPREME COURT……………………………...…15-18

1.14.1. CASE DECIDED BY SUPREME COURT REGARDING RULES OF LIS

PENDENS AND REGISTRATION OF DOCUMENTS………………………...17-18
1.15. CONCLUSION……………………………………………………………………...…19