Irregularity not to vitiate sale, but any person injured may sue
Full Text
No irregularity in publishing or conducting the sale of movable property shall vitiate the sale; but any person sustaining any injury by reason of such irregularity at the hand of any other person may institute a suit against him for compensation or (if such other person is the purchaser) for the recovery of the specific property and for compensation in default of such recovery.
Plain English Summary
Protects auction purchasers of movable property by providing that procedural irregularities in publishing or conducting the sale do not invalidate the sale, restricting the injured party's remedy to a suit for damages.
Key Legal Elements
- Indefeasible Title in Movables: Irregularity does not void the auction sale.
- Remedy Confined to Damages: Aggrieved debtor or third party must sue wrongdoer for financial compensation.
- Specific Recovery against Mala Fide Purchaser: Only permissible if purchaser himself committed the irregularity.
Practical Note
Finality of Movable Sales: Rule 78 bars applications to set aside auctions of movable property on technical grounds (unlike Rule 90 for immovable property). Once an automobile or machine is knocked down and delivered under Rule 77, the debtor cannot get the sale undone in the execution court.
हिंदी पाठ
जंगम संपत्ति के विक्रय को प्रकाशित करने या संचालित करने में हुई किसी भी अनियमितता से विक्रय दूषित (Vitiate) नहीं होगा; किंतु ऐसी अनियमितता के कारण क्षति उठाने वाला कोई भी व्यक्ति क्षति पहुंचाने वाले के विरुद्ध प्रतिकर (Compensation) के लिए, अथवा (यदि ऐसा अन्य व्यक्ति क्रेता है तो) विनिर्दिष्ट संपत्ति की वापसी तथा वापसी न होने पर प्रतिकर के लिए वाद संस्थित कर सकेगा।