Sale of Goods Act, 1930 · Chapter III: Effects of the Contract · Transfer of property as between seller and buyer
Section 21: Specific goods to be put into a deliverable state
Where there is a contract for the sale of specific goods and the seller is bound to do something to the goods for the purpose of putting them into a deliverable state, the property does not pass until such thing is done and the buyer has notice thereof.
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Supreme Court judgments citing the section 21
- Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Ltd v. M/S Mafatlal Industries Ltd
- Jindal India Thermal Private Limtied v. Punjab National Bank & Ors
- Commissioner of Commercial Taxes, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala v. Mis K.T.C. Automobiles
- Agricultural Produce Market Committee v. Biotor Industries Ltd. & Anr.
- Ram Narain Mahto v. State of Madhya Pradesh