Understanding why registered documents trump unregistered ones in Indian property law Property disputes are among the most complex and em...

 To appreciate the findings arrived at by the Courts below, we must first see on whom the onus of proof lies.  The record reveals that the d...

  There is a presumption that a registered document is validly executed. A registered document, therefore, prima facie would be valid in l...

 No doubt there is also a principle of law as laid down in Vidhyadhar Vs. Manikrao and others that if a party to a suit does not appear ...

Submissions of Mr. Thorat that when there is a registered document, then the sale is to be considered as a genuine, would have been acce...

The next question to be decided in this appeal is as to whether the registered document, Exh. 34 dated 20-3-1961 is out and out sale with ...

Order 7 Rule 11, Order 12 Rule 6 - Evidence Act, 1872 - Section 91, 92 - Possession - Sale deed - Title - Rejection of counter-claim - Decr...

This Court had the occasion to consider this question in the case of Rachpal v. Bhagwandas, AIR 37 1950 SC 272, and the statement of law ...

If the registered sale deed was in the joint names of the plaintiff and the defendant, without indicating the quantum of contribution towa...

The role of the Sub-Registrar (Registration) stands discharged, once the document is registered (see   Raja Mohammad Amir Ahmad Khan   (...

 In reply to above, Shri C.A. Sundaram, learned senior counsel appearing for the plaintiff – Respondent no.1, pointed out that under Sect...

Indisputably, the deed of gift is a registered one. It contains a clear and unambiguous declaration of total divestment of property . A reg...

 It is crystal clear that the appellants chose not to avail an opportunity which was available to them. In such circumstances, it will not ...

 In the case in hand it is not in dispute that the petitioners had produced a registered sale deed dated 15-7-1998 while requesting for ent...

It would clearly indicate that the legislature intended to protect the leasehold rights of a protected tenant and the surrender being in d...

Section 50 of the Registration Act contemplates a conflict between two bona fide transactions relating to the same property, and not a case ...