https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=274921 An unregistered agreement to sell is not barred from evidence when it is tendered only as proof of the contract in a suit for specific performance. Section 49 of the Registration Act, 1908 prohibits an unregistered document required to be registered from affecting immovable property or proving the transaction, but its proviso permits use of such a document to establish the contract itself for specific enforcement. On that basis, refusal of relief solely because the agreement was unregistered was contrary to the proviso, and specific performance could be decreed. en-us Tue, 18 Aug 2015 00:00:00 +0530 Tue, 11 Sep 2018 08:08:44 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=274921 An unregistered agreement to sell is not barred from evidence when it is tendered only as proof of the contract in a suit for specific performance. Section 49 of the Registration Act, 1908 prohibits an unregistered document required to be registered from affecting immovable property or proving the transaction, but its proviso permits use of such a document to establish the contract itself for specific enforcement. On that basis, refusal of relief solely because the agreement was unregistered was contrary to the proviso, and specific performance could be decreed. Case-Laws Indian Laws Tue, 18 Aug 2015 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=274921