This document defines different types of mortgages under Indian law. It begins by defining a mortgage as the transfer of an interest in specific immovable property for the purpose of securing a loan or debt. The key types of mortgages discussed are: simple mortgage, mortgage by conditional sale, usufructory mortgage, English mortgage, and mortgage by deposit of title deeds/equitable mortgage. Each type has distinct features regarding possession of the property and the rights of the mortgagor and mortgagee.
This document defines different types of mortgages under Indian law. It begins by defining a mortgage as the transfer of an interest in specific immovable property for the purpose of securing a loan or debt. The key types of mortgages discussed are: simple mortgage, mortgage by conditional sale, usufructory mortgage, English mortgage, and mortgage by deposit of title deeds/equitable mortgage. Each type has distinct features regarding possession of the property and the rights of the mortgagor and mortgagee.
This document defines different types of mortgages under Indian law. It begins by defining a mortgage as the transfer of an interest in specific immovable property for the purpose of securing a loan or debt. The key types of mortgages discussed are: simple mortgage, mortgage by conditional sale, usufructory mortgage, English mortgage, and mortgage by deposit of title deeds/equitable mortgage. Each type has distinct features regarding possession of the property and the rights of the mortgagor and mortgagee.
This document defines different types of mortgages under Indian law. It begins by defining a mortgage as the transfer of an interest in specific immovable property for the purpose of securing a loan or debt. The key types of mortgages discussed are: simple mortgage, mortgage by conditional sale, usufructory mortgage, English mortgage, and mortgage by deposit of title deeds/equitable mortgage. Each type has distinct features regarding possession of the property and the rights of the mortgagor and mortgagee.
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MORTGAGE DEED
Mortgage is defined under section 58 of the
Transfer of Property Act, 1882 A mortgage is the transfer of an interest in specific immovable property for the purpose of securing payment of money advanced or to be advanced by way of loan, an existing or future debt, or the performance of an engagement which may give rise to pecuniary liability. The transferor is called a mortgagor, the transferee a mortgagee, the principal money and interest of which payment is secured for the time being are called the mortgage money, and the instrument (if any) by which the transfer is effected is called a mortgage deed. In case of mortgage there is transfer of an interest in an immovable property. The purpose of such transfer is to secure a loan Kinds of Mortgages 1. Simple mortgage 2. Mortgage by conditional sale 3. Usufructory mortgage 4. English mortgage 5. Mortgage by deposit of title deeds/equitable mortgage 6. Anomalous mortgage Simple mortgage In simple mortgage: (i) The mortgagor does not deliver possession of the mortgaged property. (ii) The mortgagor binds himself personally to pay the mortgage money. (iii) If the mortgagor fails to pay according to the contract then the mortgagee is entitled to cause the mortgaged property to be sold. (iv) The proceeds of sale are to be applied, so far as may be necessary, in payment of the mortgage money. Mortgage by conditional sale In the case of mortgage by conditional sale: (i) The mortgagor ostensibly sells the mortgaged property. (ii) On the condition that on default of payment of the mortgage money on a certain date, the sale shall become absolute, or (iii) On the condition that such payment being made, the sale shall become void, or (iv) On such payment being made, the mortgage property is to be retransferred. (v) The said transaction must be stated in the mortgage deed (vi) The mortgagee, thus, in case of default can exercise the right of foreclosure Usufructory mortgage The peculiar features of this kind of mortgage are as follows: (i) The mortgagee is put in possession of the mortgaged property as an essential part of the transaction. (ii) The mortgagee continues to remain in possession of the property till the payment of the mortgage money. (iii) The repayment is to be made from the rents and profits of the property. (iv) The property is returned when the amount due is personally paid or adjusted towards the rents and profits received. English mortgage In the case of an English mortgage: (i) The mortgagor binds himself to repay the mortgage money on a certain date. (ii) The mortgagor transfers the mortgaged property absolutely to the mortgagee. (iii) There is a covenant that the mortgagee will retransfer the property to the mortgagor upon payment of the mortgage money as agreed. (iv) The mortgagee can exercise the right of sale in case of mortgagors default. Mortgage by deposit of title deeds/equitable mortgage Mortgage by deposit of title deeds is also called an equitable mortgage. The peculiar features of this kind of mortgage are: (i) This mortgage is created where a person in any of the following towns, namely the towns of Calcutta, Chennai, and Mumbai and in any other town which the state government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, specify, in this behalf. (ii) The mortgagor or his agent delivers to the mortgagee all the documents of title deed with intention to create a security thereon is a mortgage by deposit of title deeds. (iii) There is no delivery of possession of property in this kind of mortgage.