The Rule of Lis pendens in the Transfer of Property Act, 1882 is stipulated in

The doctrine of lis pendens (based on the maxim ut lite pendente nihil innovetur — during a litigation nothing new should be introduced) is enacted in Section 52 of the Transfer of Property Act, 1882 ('Transfer of property pending suit relating thereto'). It provides that during the pendency in any competent court of any non-collusive suit or proceeding in which any right to immovable property is directly and specifically in question, the property cannot be transferred or otherwise dealt with by any party to the suit or proceeding so as to affect the rights of any other party thereto under any decree or order which may be made therein, except under the authority of the court and on such terms as it may impose.