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Issues: (i) Whether the appellant could be permitted to raise for the first time before the final appellate forum the objection that the agreement was unregistered and therefore inadmissible. (ii) Whether the company was the undisclosed principal of Moolla in relation to the agreement and liable for damages for breach of contract.
Issue (i): Whether the appellant could be permitted to raise for the first time before the final appellate forum the objection that the agreement was unregistered and therefore inadmissible.
Analysis: A new question of law may be entertained at the final stage only where it can be decided on admitted or indisputable facts and where the materials show beyond doubt that full investigation would have supported the plea. Section 49 of the Registration Act did not compel the Court to act on the nonregistration point in the present proceedings, because the document had been admitted throughout, the dispute did not concern rights in immovable property, and the claim was a personal claim for damages on an admitted contract. In the circumstances, the objection could not properly be allowed to be raised at that stage.
Conclusion: The objection based on nonregistration was not permitted to be raised for the first time in final appeal.
Issue (ii): Whether the company was the undisclosed principal of Moolla in relation to the agreement and liable for damages for breach of contract.
Analysis: The contemporary documents, the course of dealing, the use of company funds, and the surrounding circumstances supported the conclusion that Moolla acted throughout as the company's agent. His evidence was found to be obscure and contradictory, and the materials pointed to the company rather than Moolla personally as the real contracting party. The appellate court's factual conclusion was therefore upheld.
Conclusion: The company was the undisclosed principal and was liable on the contract.
Final Conclusion: The appeal failed in substance, and the creditor's claim survived against the company in liquidation.
Ratio Decidendi: A new plea based on nonregistration will not be entertained at the final appellate stage unless it can be decided on unquestioned facts and the record shows beyond doubt that it would have been supported on full investigation; where the dispute is a personal claim on an admitted contract, nonregistration does not necessarily defeat the claim, and liability may still attach to an undisclosed principal.
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