Sale of Goods Act, 1930 · Chapter III: Effects of the Contract · Transfer of property as between seller and buyer
Section 20: Specific goods in a deliverable state
Where there is an unconditional contract for the sale of specific goods in a deliverable state, the property in the goods passes to the buyer when the contract is made, and it is immaterial whether the time of payment of the price or the time of delivery of the goods, or both, is postponed.
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Supreme Court judgments citing the section 20
- Surendra Kumar Bhilawe v. The New India Assurance Company Limited
- Commissioner of Commercial Taxes, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala v. Mis K.T.C. Automobiles
- Agricultural Produce Market Committee v. Biotor Industries Ltd. & Anr.
- Canbank Financial Services Ltd. v. The Custodian and Ors.
- Agricultural Market Committee v. Shalimar Chemical Works Ltd.
- Collector of Customs & Ors. v. Pednekar and Company (Private) Limited (In Liquidation) & Anr.
- State of Madhya Pradesh v. Kaluram
- Badri Prasad v. State of Madhya Pradesh and Another