Shyam Sunder And Others vs Ram Kumar And Another

The Supreme Court addressed the implications of the substituted Section 15 of the Punjab Pre-emption Act, 1995, which removed the right of co-sharers to pre-empt a sale during the pendency of an appeal. The Court resolved a conflict between two prior judgments regarding the timing of the right to pre-emption, affirming that the right must exist at the time of the decree and that subsequent amendments extinguish the right. The Court held that the plaintiffs' right to pre-emption was extinguished by the amendment, leading to the dismissal of the appeal.