https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=176260 A writing recording the division of family properties was treated as a valid family arrangement rather than a conveyance. The Court noted that a family settlement may be oral, and a document that merely memorialises an already concluded arrangement does not itself create title. Disputes between the brothers, their mutual claims, and the recitals showing treatment of the properties as joint property supported the finding of a family arrangement. Because the document was only a memorandum of the completed settlement and not the source of title, compulsory registration under Section 17 of the Registration Act was not required. en-us Fri, 26 Feb 1965 00:00:00 +0530 Fri, 18 Dec 2015 11:45:44 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=176260 A writing recording the division of family properties was treated as a valid family arrangement rather than a conveyance. The Court noted that a family settlement may be oral, and a document that merely memorialises an already concluded arrangement does not itself create title. Disputes between the brothers, their mutual claims, and the recitals showing treatment of the properties as joint property supported the finding of a family arrangement. Because the document was only a memorandum of the completed settlement and not the source of title, compulsory registration under Section 17 of the Registration Act was not required. Case-Laws Indian Laws Fri, 26 Feb 1965 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=176260