Minors can reject transaction of property executed by guardians, rules top court

The Supreme Court has ruled that minors, on attaining majority, can repudiate sale transactions executed by their guardians without the court's permission, and it is not mandatory for them to move court to cancel such sales.

- Utkarsh Anand

Clarifying an important point of law under the Hindu Minority and Guardianship Act, 1956, a bench of justices Pankaj Mithal and PB Varale held that when minors, after reaching majority, transfer the same property that was earlier sold by their guardians, such an act itself constitutes sufficient repudiation of the earlier transaction.