Transfer of Property Act, 1882
83. Power to deposit in court money due on mortgage
At any time after the principal money payable in respect of any
mortgage has become due and before a suit for redemption of the mortgaged
property is barred, the mortgagor, or any other person entitled to institute
such suit, may deposit, in any court in which he might have instituted such
suit, to the account of the mortgagee, the amount remaining due on the
mortgage.
Right to money deposited by mortgagor- The court shall
thereupon cause written notice of the deposit to be served on the mortgagee,
and the mortgagee may, on presenting a petition (verified in manner prescribed
by law for the verification of plaints) stating the amount then due on the
mortgage, and his willingness to accept the money so deposited in full
discharge of such amount, and on depositing in the same court the mortgage-deed
and all documents in his possession or power relating to the mortgaged
property, apply for and receive the money, and the mortgage-deed, and all such
other documents so deposited shall be delivered to the mortgagor or such other
person as aforesaid
Where the mortgagee is in possession of the mortgaged property,
the court shall, before paying to him the amount so deposited direct him to
deliver possession thereof to the mortgagor and at the cost of the mortgagor
either to re-transfer the mortgaged property to the mortgagor or to such third
person as the mortgagor may direct or to execute and (where the mortgage has
been effected by a registered instrument) have registered an acknowledgement in
writing that any right in derogation of the mortgagor's interest transferred to
the mortgagee has been extinguished.