Property Law
Devi Ahilya Vishwavidyalaya · LL.B. Semester 5
Unit I — Introduction to Property Law
Meaning, definition and concept of property · Theories of property (Natural law, Socio-legal, Marxist) · Kinds of property · Movable & Immovable · Tangible & Intangible · What may and may not be transferred (Section 6, TPA) · Who can transfer (Section 7, TPA) · Competency to contract and transfer · Operation and mode of transfer (Sections 8-10) · Conditional transfers · Void & unlawful conditions · Condition precedent and condition subsequent
Unit II — Vested and Contingent Interests & Unborn Persons
Transfer to unborn persons (Section 13, TPA) · 2, Rule against perpetuity (Section 14) · Vested interest (Section 19) · Contingent interest (Section 21) · Election (Section 35) · Accumulation of income (Section 17) · Transfer by multiple parties or to multiple parties (Sections 45-48)
Unit III — Doctrines and Fraudulent Transfers
Doctrine of LisPendens (Section 52) · Doctrine of Part Performance (Section 53A) · Fraudulent transfer (Section 53) · Doctrine of Feeding the Grant by Estoppel (Section 43) · Doctrine of Ostensible Ownership (Section 41)
Unit IV — Specific Transfers — Sale, Mortgage, Lease, Gift, Exchange
Sale (Sections 54—56): o. Essentials, rights & liabilities of buyer/seller · Mortgage (Sections 58-104): o Types (Simple, Usufructuary, English, Conditional Sale, Anomalous) o Rights of redemption, foreclosure, accession · Lease (Sections 105-117): o Essentials, rights & duties of lessor/lessee · Gift (Sections 122-129): o Essentials, revocation, onerous gifts, universal donee · Exchange (Sections 118-121)
Unit V — Actionable Claims, Easements & Testamentary Succession
Actionable Claims (Sections 130-137) · >. Definition. assignment and enforceability · Easement under Easements Act, 1882 · Definition. types. modes of acquisition · Distinction between easement and license · Extinction and suspension of easement rights · Testamentary Succession (Indian Succession Act, 1925) · Will and Codicil — Definition, execution, revocation · Capacity to make a will · Types of bequests · Probate, letters of administration · Rights and duties of executors