A competent court dismisses a non-collusive suit over title to land. Before the losing party files a timely appeal, the other party transfers the disputed land without the court’s leave. Which…

Under section 52 of the Transfer of Property Act, 1882, a non-collusive suit in a competent court in which a right to immovable property is directly and specifically in issue is treated as pending until it is finally disposed of, and an appeal continues it. In Jagan Singh v. Dhanwanti (2012) the Supreme Court accepted that a purchaser who buys after a suit is dismissed is bound by the doctrine if an appeal is afterwards filed in time. So the trial court's dismissal does not end the protection. The section deals with immovable property, not movable goods, and does not apply to a proceeding in a court that lacks jurisdiction.