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Benami Transaction (Prohibition) Act, 1988

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SMT. SHAIFALI GUPTAversusSMT. VIDYA DEVI GUPTA & ORS.

2025 INSC 739

The mother and younger son filed a suit for partition, possession, declaration, injunction and accounting of properties claimed to be Joint Hindu Family assets against the elder son, his wife and other family members. The elder son’s wife (defendant No.2) and subsequent purchasers (defendants No.5 …

PUSHPALATAversusVIJAY KUMAR (DEAD) THR. LRS. & ORS.

2022 INSC 910Appeal(s) allowed

The father, Laxmi Prasad, the karta of a Hindu Undivided Family, bought several parcels of land using his own funds but registered them in the names of his minor sons, Vijay Kumar and Rajendra Kumar. The sons later sold one of the parcels, prompting the father’s widow and daughters to sue for …

MANGATHAI AMMAL (DIED) THROUGH LRS ANDversusRAJESWARI & OTHERS

2019 INSC 664Case Partly allowed

The appeal arose from a partition suit where the plaintiffs claimed a three‑quarter share in several properties, alleging that the properties were purchased by the deceased husband, Narayanasamy Mudaliar, in his wife’s name using money from the sale of ancestral lands, thus constituting benami …

PAWAN KUMARversusBABULAL SINCE DECEASED THROUGH LRS. AND ORS.

2019 INSC 454Appeal(s) allowed

Pawan Kumar filed a suit seeking declaration of title over a shop, alleging he paid the purchase price while the deed was placed in his father's name. The second defendant moved an Order VII Rule 11 application to dismiss the suit on the ground that it was barred by Section 4 of the Benami …

PAWAN KUMAR GUPTAversusROCHIRAM NAGDEO

1999 INSC 195Appeal(s) allowed

The appellant, P.K. Gupta, purchased a shop‑godown from Narain Prasad and sued the tenant, R. Nagdeo, for eviction under the Madhya Pradesh Accommodation Act for default in rent. The tenant contended that the sale deed was a benami transaction, alleging that the appellant was merely a name‑lender …