4th Semester LLB Unitary - Property Law (Including Transfer Of Property Act And Easement Act) - Notes, Question Papers and Syllabus

Property Law (Including Transfer Of Property Act And Easement Act)

Subject shall be taught by incorporating the recent developments.


Unit I

Concept of property - Different kinds of property - Movable and immovable property – Notice – Attestation – Transfer of property – Properties which cannot be transferred – Operation of transfer - Rule against inalienability – Rule against repugnant conditions – Transfer to unborn persons – Rule against perpetuity – Rule against accumulation – Conditional transfers – Conditions precedent and subsequent – Vested and contingent interest – Doctrine of election.


Unit II

Rules of apportionment – Negative covenants – Rule in Tulk v. Moxhay – Transfer by ostensible owner – Rule of priority – Co-ownership – Improvement by bona fide holder – Fraudulent transfer - Doctrines of lis pendens and part performance.


Unit III

Mortgage - Various kinds of mortgages - Charge - Floating charge.


Unit IV

Sale and exchange - Sale and agreement to sell - Rights and liabilities of seller and buyer. Lease - Rights and liabilities of lessor and lessee - Gift - Conditions for valid gifts - Actionable claim.


Unit V

Easement - Definition – Classification - Characteristic features - Modes of acquisition - Prescriptions - Extinction and license - Quasi-easement – Easement of necessity.


Suggested Readings:

  • Mulla, D.F. - Transfer of Property Act

  • G.C. Mathur, Amin and Sastry’s - Law of Easements

  • Venkatasubba Rao - Commentaries on the Transfer of Property Act

  • Shukla S.N. - The Transfer of Property Act


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