Section 67 The Transfer of Property Act, 1882

 

 Section 67 The Transfer of Property Act, 1882: 

Right to fore-closure or sale.—In the absence of a contract to the contrary, the mortgagee has, at any time after the mortgage-money has become 1[due] to him, and before a decree has been made for the redemption of the mortgaged property, or the mortgage-money has been paid or deposited as hereinafter provided, a right to obtain from the Court 2[a decree] that the mortgagor shall be absolutely debarred of his right to redeem the property, or 2[a decree] that the property be sold. A suit to obtain 2[a decree] that a mortgagor shall be absolutely debarred of his right to redeem the mortgaged property is called a suit for foreclosure. Nothing in this section shall be deemed— 3[

(a) to authorise any mortgagee other than a mortgagee by conditional sale or a mortgagee under an anomalous mortgage by the terms of which he is entitled to foreclose, to institute a suit for foreclosure, or an usufructuary mortgagee as such or a mortgagee by conditional sale as such to institute a suit for sale; or]

(b) to authorise a mortgagor who holds the mortgagee’s rights as his trustee or legal representative, and who may sue for a sale of the property, to institute a suit for foreclosure; or

(c) to authorise the mortgagee of a railway, canal, or other work in the maintenance of which the public are interested, to institute a suit for foreclosure or sale; or

(d) to authorise a person interested in part only of the mortgage-money to institute a suit relating only to a corresponding part of the mortgaged property, unless the mortgagees have, with the consent of the mortgagor, severed their interests under the mortgage.

Supreme Court of India Important Judgments And Leading Case Law Related to Section 67 The Transfer of Property Act, 1882: 

Babulal Badriprasad Varma vs Surat Municipal Corpn. & Ors on 2 May, 2008

Variavan Saraswathi And Anr vs Eachampi Thevi And Ors on 13 November, 1992

Dasaudha Singh & Ors. Etc. Etc vs State Of Haryana & Ors on 16 November, 1972

Krishna Pillai Rajasekharan Nair vs Padmanabha Pillai (D) By Lrs. & Ors on 15 December, 2003

Singh Ram (D) Tr.Lr vs Sheo Ram & Ors on 21 August, 2014

Chief Controlling Revenue vs Costal Gujarat Power Ltd. & Ors on 11 August, 2015

T.Ravi & Anr vs B.Chinna Narasimha & Ors. Etc on 21 March, 2017

Bayaji Sambhu Mali @Borate(D)  vs Nazir Mohammed B.Zari Thr.Poa on 12 February, 2019

S.R Rajagopalaswami Naidu vs Bank Of Karaikudi Ltd on 22 September, 1970

Ganpati Babji Alamwar (D) By Lrs. vs Digambarrao Venkatrao Bhadke And on 12 September, 2019

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