Registered gift deeds of immovable property relate back to execution, and later adoption cannot defeat an already completed transfer.

A duly executed, delivered and accepted gift of immovable property is not postponed in effect until the date of registration; once registration is completed, it relates back to the date of execution. The combined operation of the Transfer of Property Act and the Registration Act means that, where the donor has done everything necessary to complete the transfer during lifetime except registration, later events cannot defeat the gift. Accordingly, a subsequent adoption did not render the gift void or ineffective against the adopted son, and the transfer remained valid.

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Issues: Whether a gift of immovable property executed and delivered by the donor, but registered after the donor had adopted a son, was void or ineffective against the adopted son.

Analysis: A gift of immovable property requires a registered instrument, but the combined operation of the Transfer of Property Act and the Registration Act shows that registration does not postpone the effect of a duly executed and accepted gift until the date of registration. Once the instrument is executed, delivered, and accepted during the donor's lifetime, registration relates back to the date of execution. A subsequent adoption, or other dealing by the donor, cannot defeat the gift where the donor had already done everything necessary to complete the transfer except registration.

Conclusion: The gift was valid against the adopted son, and the subsequent adoption did not avoid the deed.

Final Conclusion: The legal effect of the decision is that an accepted and delivered gift deed of immovable property becomes operative from execution upon registration, and the donor cannot revoke or defeat it by later events before registration.

Ratio Decidendi: Where a gift of immovable property has been duly executed, delivered, and accepted, later registration relates back to the date of execution and the donor's subsequent acts cannot invalidate the transfer.

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