The Supreme Court in Mukesh v. State of Madhya Pradesh (decided 20 Dec 2024) held that where a compromise/consent decree merely recognise...

  According to the Court, a compromise decree would not require registration if the below mentioned three conditions mentioned under Section...

 The civil court rejected the petition on two grounds firstly that the biological parents have taken objection for giving the child in adopt...

 In our view, neither sections 34 and 35 nor section 69 of the Indian Registration Act empowers the State Government to issue directions to ...

On a perusal of the award which is in the form of a resolution, it is clear that there was no right created in any specific item or asset of...

Mohammedan Law - Gift by mohammedan - Can be made orally - Three essentials of valid gift are; 1) declaration by donor, 2) acceptance by don...

 If we apply the test as to whether the Khararunama in this case by itself ‘affects’, i.e., by itself creates, declares, limits or extinguis...

  The main dispute involved in this appeal concerns the question of necessity of presence of a purchaser of immovable property before the au...

Can the Sub Registrar who refused to register a document presented for  registration on a mistaken interpretation of the statutory provision...

  As far as the family settlement is concerned, as held by this Court in Harbhajan Singh (supra), the petitioners as tenants cannot  challen...

 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...

In this context, it will be worthwhile to note the requirement of registration of an Adoption Deed. Section 17 of the Registration Act sp...