SANKARAN BHASKARAN . vs KUMARAN SARASAMMA . — C.A. No. 2401/2002

Summary: C.A. No. 2401/2002 (Sankaran Bhaskaran v. Kumaran Sarasamma) The Supreme Court dismissed the appeal on January 18, 2013. The Court held that a 1922 Settlement Deed was neither a valid gift nor a will, as it reserved lifetime maintenance rights to the executor, failing to meet Section 122 of the Transfer of Property Act's gift requirements. Since the deed did not transfer title to appellants' predecessors, the respondents' subsequent purchase of the land was valid, and appellants had no claim under the settlement deed. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.