In the case of CGT v. N.S. Getti Chettiar, (1971) 2 SCC 741, the Supreme Court held that “conveyance” means transfer of ownership. Thus, in law, conveyance basically implies transfer of legal title of a property from one person to another.
A conveyance deed thus transfers legal title of a property from one person to another. Such transfer can be on account of sale, gift, exchange, etc.
Sale deed is also basically a conveyance deed, but it is only when the transfer is by way of sale of property. Therefore, if a property is transferred from one person to another by way of sale, it may be called a sale deed or a conveyance deed; in such situation, both mean basically the same thing. But, a conveyance deed may also happen by way of other types of transfers of property, such as by way of gift of property or exchange of property, etc.
Thus, every sale deed is also a conveyance deed, but the reverse may not always be true.
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