Sale of Goods Act, 1930 · Chapter III: Effects of the Contract · Transfer of property as between seller and buyer
Section 18: Goods must be ascertained
Where there is a contract for the sale of unascertained goods, no property in the goods is transferred to the buyer unless and until the goods are ascertained.
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Supreme Court judgments citing the section 18
- Commissioner of Commercial Taxes, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala v. Mis K.T.C. Automobiles
- Krishi Utpadan Mandi Samiti, Ghaziabad and Anr. v. M/S. Metal Craft & Ors.
- State of Orissa & Others v. The Titaghur Paper Mills Company Ltd. & Anr.
- Juggilal Kamlapat v. Pratapmal Rameshwar
- Collector of Customs & Ors. v. Pednekar and Company (Private) Limited (In Liquidation) & Anr.
- Raghunath Prasad Poddar Etc. v. Commissioner of Income Tax, Calcutta
- Ram Narain Mahto v. State of Madhya Pradesh
- P. S. N. S. Ambalavana Chettiar and Co. Ltd and Anr. v. Express Newspapers Ltd., Bombay
- M/S. Ouchterloney Valley Estates Ltd. v. State of Kerala
- Jute and Gunny Brokers Ltd v. The Union of India and Others.(And Connected Appeals)
- Commissioner of Sales-Tax, Eastern Division, Nagpur v. Husen Ali Adamji and Co.