Yes, a Delhi court can absolutely prevent a party from creating third-party rights over disputed property during pending litigation, and this protection operates on two complementary levels that together provide strong security for the party pursuing the case. The first and most immediate protection comes through Order XXXIX Rules 1 and 2 of the Code of Civil Procedure, which empower the court to grant a temporary injunction restraining the opposing party from selling, mortgaging, leasing, or otherwise transferring or encumbering the disputed property while the suit remains pending, provided the applicant can show a prima facie case, balance of convenience in their favour, and the likelihood of irreparable harm if such an injunction is not granted.

The second, and arguably even more powerful, layer of protection operates automatically through the doctrine of lis pendens under Section 52 of the Transfer of Property Act, 1882, which provides that once a suit involving a right to immovable property is pending before a competent court, the property cannot be transferred or otherwise dealt with by any party to the suit in a manner that affects the rights of the other party, except with the authority of the court and on terms it may impose. Crucially, this protection under Section 52 applies automatically by operation of law, without requiring the party to separately obtain an injunction — meaning that even if a party does manage to sell or transfer the property during litigation despite the absence of a formal injunction, that transfer remains subject to and bound by the final outcome of the pending suit, significantly reducing the practical value of any such attempted transfer to a third party.

That said, securing an actual court injunction remains strategically valuable and strongly recommended, because it provides an active, enforceable restraint that puts potential buyers or lenders on clear notice, deters attempted transfers in the first place, and gives you a direct contempt remedy against the opposing party if they violate the court's specific order, which is often faster and more effective than relying solely on the lis pendens doctrine after the fact. Filing a well-supported interim injunction application early in your litigation, ideally at the very outset of filing the suit, is therefore the recommended practical step, and this is exactly the kind of protective strategy that benefits from being planned carefully with our legal experts at Aapka Legal Advice right from when you first approach the court.

Preventing third-party rights from being created during litigation is one of the most important protective steps in any Delhi property dispute, since a determined opposing party can otherwise complicate your case significantly by drawing innocent third parties into the picture. The Top Property Lawyers in Delhi routinely secure such injunctions at the earliest stage of litigation, and our panel of retired judges is available to advise on the strongest way to frame urgent injunction applications for Delhi's civil courts.

In conclusion, Delhi courts have robust tools — both through discretionary injunctions under the CPC and the automatic protection of lis pendens under the Transfer of Property Act — to prevent a party from creating third-party rights during litigation, and pursuing both protections together gives you the strongest possible safeguard over the disputed property.