property stood transferred to the predecessor of the respondents before the Final Decree was passed in 1970. The fact that Mr.Raghuthaman had successfully resisted the claim of the 9th Defendant for delivery of possession, in the presence of the predecessor of the appellant is not disputed. While so, it was incumbent on the appellants to have impleaded the predecessor of the respondents by filing an application under Order 21 Rule 97 of CPC, when they resisted the delivery. The pendent lite purchaser has every right to defend his right, title, interest and possession. This Court recently while adjudicating the right of a pendent lite transferee held as under: Yogesh Goyanka v. Govind, (2024) 7 SCC 524 : 2024 SCC OnLine SC 1692 “16. The fulcrum of the dispute herein concerns the impleadment of a transferee pendente lite who undisputedly had notice of the pending8 litigation. At the outset, it appears pertinent to reiterate the settled position that the doctrine of lis pendens as