The Transfer of Property Act – Law Textbook for LLB & LLM by S.N SHUKLA | 2025 Edition | Allahabad Law Agency

The Transfer of Property Act is a comprehensive law textbook by S.N SHUKLA published by Allahabad Law Agency for LLB, LLM and law university students. It explains key concepts with relevant statutory provisions, leading case law and practical illustrations, organised chapter-wise for clear understanding and effective exam preparation. 2015 Edition. Paperback. Published by Allahabad Law Agency, Faridabad. Key topics covered include: Preamble, Scope Of The Act, Preliminary, Section, Short Title.

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WHAT’S INSIDE – COMPLETE SECTION MAP (8 CHAPTERS, SECTIONS 1-137). A full section-by-section commentary on the Transfer of Property Act, 1882, opening with the Preamble, an introduction and the scope of the Act, and closing with the Schedule, a chapter-wise summary and the text of the Benami Transactions (Prohibition) Act, 1988. CHAPTER I – PRELIMINARY (Sections 1-4): short title, extent, repeal and the interpretation clause. CHAPTER II – TRANSFERS OF PROPERTY BY ACT OF PARTIES (5-53A): what transfer of property means and what may be transferred; persons competent to transfer; oral transfer; conditions restraining alienation; transfer for the benefit of an unborn person; the rule against perpetuity; vested and contingent interests; conditional transfers; election and apportionment; then the immovable-property provisions – transfer by an ostensible owner, feeding the grant by estoppel (Section 43), transfer by one co-owner, priority of rights, improvements by bona fide holders under defective titles, LIS PENDENS (Section 52), FRAUDULENT TRANSFER (Section 53) and the DOCTRINE OF PART PERFORMANCE (Section 53A). CHAPTER III – SALES OF IMMOVABLE PROPERTY (54-57): sale and contract for sale, rights and liabilities of the parties to a sale, marshalling. CHAPTER IV – MORTGAGES AND CHARGES (58-104): the six kinds of mortgage, the right of redemption and clogs upon it, rights and liabilities of mortgagor and mortgagee, foreclosure and sale, subrogation, marshalling and contribution, mortgage by deposit of title-deeds, anomalous mortgages and charges. CHAPTER V – LEASES (105-117): lease defined, duration in the absence of a written contract, how leases are made, rights and liabilities of lessor and lessee, determination of lease, waiver and forfeiture, relief against forfeiture and holding over. CHAPTER VI – EXCHANGES (118-121). CHAPTER VII – GIFTS (122-129): gift defined, acceptance, revocation, onerous gifts, universal donee and donations mortis causa. CHAPTER VIII – TRANSFERS OF ACTIONABLE CLAIMS (130-137). Leading Supreme Court and High Court decisions are woven into the commentary under each section. Published by Allahabad Law Agency, law book publishers since 1950.

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Allahabad Law Agency, Faridabad
Publication date ‏ : ‎ 1 November 2015
Edition ‏ : ‎ 31st
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Print length ‏ : ‎ 582 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 9380231377
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-9380231372
Reading age ‏ : ‎ 10 years and up
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 780 g
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 20 x 14 x 4 cm
Country of Origin ‏ : ‎ India
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