https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=200688 An unregistered agreement to sell that contains a clause of part performance by delivery of possession, or is executed in favour of a person already in possession, remains admissible in evidence for a suit for specific performance. Section 17(1A) of the Registration Act, 1908 makes such contracts compulsorily registrable only for the limited purpose of Section 53A of the Transfer of Property Act, and denies them effect for that purpose if unregistered. It does not bar their use in specific performance proceedings. The proviso to Section 49 expressly preserves an unregistered document as evidence of the contract and of part performance. en-us Fri, 12 Oct 2012 00:00:00 +0530 Tue, 29 May 2018 09:29:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=200688 An unregistered agreement to sell that contains a clause of part performance by delivery of possession, or is executed in favour of a person already in possession, remains admissible in evidence for a suit for specific performance. Section 17(1A) of the Registration Act, 1908 makes such contracts compulsorily registrable only for the limited purpose of Section 53A of the Transfer of Property Act, and denies them effect for that purpose if unregistered. It does not bar their use in specific performance proceedings. The proviso to Section 49 expressly preserves an unregistered document as evidence of the contract and of part performance. Case-Laws Indian Laws Fri, 12 Oct 2012 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=200688