https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=198808 A rent note executed only by the tenant for 11 months at a fixed monthly rent was treated as not compulsorily registrable, because it did not satisfy the statutory description of a lease requiring execution by both lessor and lessee. It was therefore admissible in evidence under the Registration Act to prove the tenancy and its terms. The earlier judgment relied on by the defendants did not bar the suit, because the relevant issues had not been directly and substantially decided there. The note also explains that res judicata applies only where the same matter was previously adjudicated. en-us Fri, 21 Mar 1980 00:00:00 +0530 Fri, 09 Feb 2018 15:53:52 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=198808 A rent note executed only by the tenant for 11 months at a fixed monthly rent was treated as not compulsorily registrable, because it did not satisfy the statutory description of a lease requiring execution by both lessor and lessee. It was therefore admissible in evidence under the Registration Act to prove the tenancy and its terms. The earlier judgment relied on by the defendants did not bar the suit, because the relevant issues had not been directly and substantially decided there. The note also explains that res judicata applies only where the same matter was previously adjudicated. Case-Laws Indian Laws Fri, 21 Mar 1980 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=198808