This Article is written by Vanshikha Mahana (4th-year of B.A. LL.B (H) Criminal law student pursuing it from UPES, Dehradun)

Introduction
Even though you may be the sole owner of a property, there are tax implications on the transfer of your property to another person, as the transaction is likely to fetch gains for the seller. Even if that is not the case (as is true in the case of gifting of property or transferring the rights to another person through a will) the transfer must be made, keeping in mind the provisions of applicable tax laws.
A transfer alludes to a change of a thing starting with one individual then onto the next individual. The property might be characterized as anything physical or a virtual element possessed by an individual or a gathering of individuals. A property can be moved to start with one individual then onto the next individual by moving rights, or interest, or proprietorship, or ownership the party can fulfil either or every one of the fixings.
The exchange of property can be made in the two after manners:
First: demonstration of the gatherings;
Second: by law.
A move of property is characterized under Section 5 of the Transfer of Property Act, 1882. It alludes to a demonstration done by a living individual passing on property to at least one individual or without anyone else or by at least one living person in the present or what’s to come. Living individuals incorporate an organization, an affiliation, or an assemblage of people if consolidated.
Illustration
An is the grandson of G and A possesses three domains of which he needed to move one bequest to his grandpa D however he kicked the bucket two years prior the exchange will not be held substantial in light of the fact that the exchange of property ought to occur between two living people.
Scope of the Transfer of Property Act
Ways by which property move can occur
Gatherings: Under the Transfer of Property Act, an exchange of property can be effectuated by a demonstration of at least two gatherings or a demonstration by the activity of the law.
Kind of property: The Transfer of Property Act is material principally on the move of enduring property from one living being (bury vivos) to another. Likewise, the Act is appropriate on property move by people, just as by organizations. Notwithstanding, the Transfer of Property Act is appropriate to demonstrations of gatherings and not on moves material by the law.
Background of the Transfer of Property Act, 1882
Before the approach of the British Raj framework in India, Hindus, and Muslims were represented by their own laws for the exchange of property. At the point when Britishers were effectively associated with the Indian Legal framework, they set up casual Courts in which clear and substantial law was missing when contrasted with the law that was winning in England. Different High Court communicated the requirement for making explicit demonstrations identified with the exchange of property. As the guideline of a decent still, small voice, value, and equity was befuddling and made different vulnerabilities, the privy board noticed the vulnerabilities and furthermore advised the specialists to make a prompt move.
Thus, the main commission was selected by the British Queen Elizabeth II to eliminate vulnerabilities. On issue identified with the exchange of property. The draft was sent in India after specific changes were presented in the authoritative Council in 1877. It was then shipped off the choice board yet it was turned around because of the public analysis. The Bill was redrafted constantly law commission. A portion of the arrangements was acquired from English law on genuine property, the Law of Conveyancing and Property Act, 1881. Generally, the law was formed in such a way that suits the Indian populace and can be effectively perceived by a non-proficient adjudicator.
In spite of different revisions made continuously Commission, there was a development of the law. Hence an extraordinary board was named to make the revisions in the overarching act. So different changes were made in the demonstration to extend its extension and right the current mistakes.
Features of Transfer of Property Act, 1882
- The preamble of the transfer of property Act lays down that it is related to the transfer of property by the act of the properties.
- The transfer of property act, 1882 provides a uniform and a clear law concerning the transfer of movable property from one living person to another living person by the act of parties.
- The Transfer of Property Act, 1882 is an extension of the Indian Contract Act,1872 because the contract act was recognized as an inexhaustive code.
- The transfer of property law is not a copy of the English transfer of property laws that was enacted based on socio-economic conditions of the country.
- The transfer of property Act, 1882 cannot be considered as totally exhaustive; it covers the transfer of immovable property from the act of parties.
- Transfer of property is subject to the concurrent list that provides power to both the state legislature and the parliament to pass laws related to the matter of transfer of property.
- The act covers five types of transfer of immovable property they are as follows: a) Mortgage b) gift c) sale d) actionable claims e) lease.
- The transfer of property Act, 1882 is a law that applies lex-loci to all people living in that jurisdiction, not like personal laws that differ from person to person.
- The transfer of property Act, 1882 is governed by various principles like justice, equity, and good conscience.
- Initially, at the time of implementation, the act didn’t apply to the State of Bombay, Punjab, and Delhi as because they had their own acts related to property matters. Currently, the transfer of property act doesn’t apply in Punjab; it complies with the rule of good conscience, equity, and justice.
- Transfer of property Act, 1882 highlights the provision of inter-vivos parallel to the existing laws relating to the testamentary and interstate transfer.
- The transfer of property act, 1882 is a general law and therefore it cannot prevail over the special laws passed by the parliament.
- Under the Transfer of Property Act, 1882 it mentions that absolute conditional restraint is void and partial conditional restraint on the transfer of property is valid.
Conclusion
The Act was acquainted with an expectation to make an exhaustive Act which gives data about the exchange in an exceptionally straightforward language during the hour of presentation it was not finished and had different vulnerabilities. It has gone through different alteration measures and the demonstration has demonstrated it over and over with regards to its adequacy. In India, a lot more such behaves like the exchange of property Act, 1882 are as yet deprived to be executed.
As we considered over that before there was no demonstration, law or arrangement which considered the exchange of enduring property. In this way, the Transfer of Property Act didn’t come as an extravagance yet came as a need as it was the need of great importance to have certain arrangements in regards to the exchange of unflinching property like land and building. In any event, returning many years and a long time in history we will see that the significant battles among nations have been over regional jurisdictional on a worldwide level and even broadly even relatives kill each other in certain occurrences to get property accordingly, there was a tough need of cutting down the Act which directs the exchange of property in a country. Besides in India where the property is a major issue has few out of every odd bit of the populace possesses it the Transfer of Property Act 1882 fills in as a curse and a sin qua non.