Assignment On Transfer Of Property

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ASSIGNMENT 1

NAME: ANOSHA DILSHAD

MAJOR: LAW

SEMESTER: 6

SUBJECT: LAW OF PROPERTY

DATE: 3RD February 2017

QUESTION: What is transfer of property and what are the essentials of valid transfer? What may be transferred under section 6 of Transfer of Property Act 1882?

The importance of property in the lives of the people living in this materialistic world cannot be ignored. Since the beginning of time, people have had a number of disputes over properties and have lost their lives in doing so. The unsettled disputes over property have made friends, enemies of one another and families have separated just because of the countless and unsolved disputes over the property. Precious lives and years have been wasted just because there was no proper guidance for the people in the earlier days to settle their disputes. The basic purpose of law is to facilitate its citizens and not to put too many restrictions on them. With the passage of time people started working on this serious issue to find a way to deal with the property disputes.

“Thus different legislations exist that govern the transfer of title from one person to another with respect to the property depending upon the mode of conveyance. In India, the personal laws governed the transfer of property assisted by orders of Courts under Civil Procedure Code before the Transfer of Property Act, 1882 came into existence. The Indian Contract Act, 1872, regulated

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