Supreme Court · 2009 INSC 969 · Decided 29 July 2009
Rajni Tandon v. Dulal Ranjan Ghosh Dastidar and ANR.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2009 INSC 969 · [2009] 11 S.C.R. 686
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 4671/2004
- Decided
- 29 July 2009
- Bench
- MUKUNDAKAM SHARMA, B.S. CHAUHAN (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Registration Act Section 32, 33, 32(a)
Headnote
Registration Act, 1908: ss.32 and 33 - Power of attorney t c (POA) holder executing a document on behalf of principal - Entitlement of POA holder to present the document for registration - Held: POA holder becomes actual executant and is entitled to present it for registration and get it s.32(a) - He does not faff under s.32(c) and hence D s.33 would not apply- Interpretation of statutes. Interpretation of statutes: Use of the word 'or' is used to ~ - signify the disjunctive nature of a provision. The questions which arose for consideration in the E present appeal were whether a
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