Supreme Court of India

R. Hemalatha v. Kashthuri

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Reported as [2023] 2 S.C.R. 834
Bench M. R. Shah and Krishna Murari JJ.
Decided 10 April 2023

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What the Court ordered

In view of the above and for the reasons stated above, t he present appeal fails and the same deserves to be di smissed.

Judgment, page 12

From the headnote

Registration Act, 1908 – ss.17(1A), Proviso to s.49 – Specific Relief Act, 1877 – Chapter-II – Suit for specific p erformance – Unregistered Agreement to Sell – Admissibility in evide nce – Held: As per proviso to s.49, an unregistered document affecting immovable property and required by Registration Act or the Transfer of Property Act to be registered, may be received as evidence of a contract in a suit for specific performance under Chapter-II of the 18 77 Act, or as evidence of any collateral transaction not required to be eff ected by registered instrument, however, subject to s.17( 1A)

Where later benches applied it

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