https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=460773 A statutory restriction on transfer of tribal land that requires prior governmental sanction does not, by itself, invalidate an agreement to sell or prevent a suit for specific performance. The prohibition operates at the stage of actual conveyance, when execution and registration of the sale deed occur, not at the stage of contract formation or receipt of earnest money. Accordingly, specific performance may be decreed if the contractual requirements are otherwise met, with compliance to be secured before conveyance where sanction is legally necessary. The principle is that contractual enforcement and statutory transfer control operate at different stages. en-us Thu, 15 Feb 2024 00:00:00 +0530 Tue, 18 Feb 2025 19:03:03 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=460773 A statutory restriction on transfer of tribal land that requires prior governmental sanction does not, by itself, invalidate an agreement to sell or prevent a suit for specific performance. The prohibition operates at the stage of actual conveyance, when execution and registration of the sale deed occur, not at the stage of contract formation or receipt of earnest money. Accordingly, specific performance may be decreed if the contractual requirements are otherwise met, with compliance to be secured before conveyance where sanction is legally necessary. The principle is that contractual enforcement and statutory transfer control operate at different stages. Case-Laws Indian Laws Thu, 15 Feb 2024 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=460773