https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=198377 An unregistered sale deed required to be registered remains admissible in a suit for specific performance for the limited purpose of proving the contract between the parties. Section 49 of the Registration Act, 1908 bars such a document from affecting immovable property or proving a transaction affecting it, but its proviso expressly allows admission as evidence of a contract in a specific performance suit and of a collateral transaction not requiring registration. The provision for a suit under Section 77 does not exclude this limited evidentiary use where the action seeks specific performance rather than registration of the document. Refusal to mark the deed was therefore erroneous. en-us Mon, 12 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0530 Fri, 15 Sep 2023 11:14:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=198377 An unregistered sale deed required to be registered remains admissible in a suit for specific performance for the limited purpose of proving the contract between the parties. Section 49 of the Registration Act, 1908 bars such a document from affecting immovable property or proving a transaction affecting it, but its proviso expressly allows admission as evidence of a contract in a specific performance suit and of a collateral transaction not requiring registration. The provision for a suit under Section 77 does not exclude this limited evidentiary use where the action seeks specific performance rather than registration of the document. Refusal to mark the deed was therefore erroneous. Case-Laws Indian Laws Mon, 12 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=198377