Supreme Court · 2018 INSC 578 · Decided 4 July 2018
Ameer Minhaj v. Dierdre Elizabeth (Wright) Issar and ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2018 INSC 578 · [2018] 5 S.C.R. 173
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 18377/2017
- Decided
- 4 July 2018
- Bench
- DIPAK MISRA, D.Y. CHANDRACHUD, A.M. KHANWILKAR (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Transfer of Property Act Section 53A; Registration Act Section 17(1A); Stamp Act
Headnote
Registration Act, 1908 - s. 17(1A) - Transfer of Property Act, 1882 - s. 53A - Document of which registration compulsory - On facts, unregistered agreement to sell, on the basis of which relief of specific performance claimed, registered power of attorney and general - Admissibility in evidence - Trial court held that all the three documents could be marked and received as evidence - However, the High Court set aside the same - Held: Document is required to be registered, but if unregistered, can still be admitted as evidence of a
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