Section 79 The Transfer of Property Act, 1882

 

Section 79 The Transfer of Property Act, 1882: 

Mortgage to secure uncertain amount when maximum is expressed.—If a mortgage made to secure future advances, the performance of an engagement or the balance of a running account, expresses the maximum to be secured thereby, a subsequent mortgage of the same property shall, if made with notice of the prior mortgage, be postponed to the prior mortgage in respect of all advances or debits not exceeding the maximum, though made or allowed with notice of the subsequent mortgage. Illustration A mortgages Sultanpur to his bankers, B & Co., to secure the balance of his account with them to the extent of Rs.10,000. A then mortgages Sultanpur to C, to secure Rs.10,000, C having notice of the mortgage to B & Co., and C gives notice to B & Co. of the second mortgage. At the date of the second mortgage, the balance due to B & Co. does not exceed Rs. 5,000. B & Co. subsequently advance to A sums making the balance of the account against him exceed the sum of Rs.10,000. B & Co. are entitled, to the extent of Rs.10,000, to priority over C.

Supreme Court of India Important Judgments And Leading Case Law Related to Section 79 The Transfer of Property Act, 1882: 

Union Of India vs Sri Sarada Mills Ltd on 28 September, 1972

Sainath Mandir Trust vs Vijaya & Ors on 13 December, 2010

Salim D. Agboatwala vs Shamalji Oddhavji Thakkar on 17 September, 2021

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