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IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH
MANDEEP PANNU
Sarabjit Kaur – Appellant
Versus
Baljit Kaur – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
Mandeep Pannu, J.
The present revision petition has been filed by the petitioners challenging the impugned order dated 20.05.2025 passed by the learned Civil Judge (Junior Division), Ludhiana, whereby the application filed by respondent No.5-Amit Walia under Order I Rule 10 CPC for impleading him as a party in the suit was allowed.
2. Since a short question is involved in this case, no notice is required to be issued to the respondents.
3. The facts, in brief, are that the plaintiffs instituted a civil suit on 18.05.2024 seeking declaration, mandatory injunction and permanent injunction, in which they challenged the sale deed dated 08.09.2022 executed by defendant no.1 in favour of defendant no.2 with regard to the suit property. On 20.05.2024, the learned trial court passed an interim order restraining the defendants from alienating the suit property. This order was also duly recorded in the revenue entries vide rapat no.720 dated 27.05.2024.
4. Despite the pendency of the suit and the subsistence of the restraint order, defendant no.2 executed a registered sale deed dated 05.06.2024 in favour of Amit Walia. The said purchaser thereafter moved an application under Order I Ru
The doctrine of lis pendens prevents a subsequent purchaser from acquiring rights in property under litigation; such purchasers are not necessary parties to the suit.
A pendente lite purchaser can be added as a party to ongoing litigation to protect substantial interests, and such applications should typically be granted without prejudice.
Civil Law - Impleadment application - Pendente lite purchaser - Section 52 of Transfer of Property Act that Supreme Court has emphasized that a transferee pendente lite is not void ab initio. It only....
The doctrine of lis pendens applies to suits for specific performance, limiting rights of subsequent purchasers unless they are permitted to intervene. The court ruled that the trial court erred in d....
The court affirmed that a purchaser pendente lite is a necessary party in ongoing litigation to ensure all parties with legitimate interests are heard.
The central legal point established in the judgment is the application of Section 52 of the Transfer of Property Act, which renders any transfer of property during the pendency of a suit void. The co....
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