Asa Ram And Another vs Mst. Ram Kali And Another on 21 November, 1957
Two earlier decisions of the Supreme Court, Harihar Prasad v. Deo Narain Prasad, AIR 1956 SC 305 and Asa Ram v. Mst. Ram Kali, AIR 1958 SC 183, were accepted in that decision as clear authorities for the position that Section 76(a) of the Transfer of Property Act enacts an exception to the general rule that a person cannot confer on another any right higher than what he himself possesses and if the lease is one which could have been made by the owner in the course of prudent management, it would be binding on the mortgagors, notwithstanding that the mortgage has been redeemed. That decision proceeded on the assumption that the two Supreme Court decisions relied on therein were applicable to both agricultural and non-agricultural lands in urban area.