https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=281401 A registering authority cannot annul or recall a document once registration is complete unless the Registration Act, 1908 expressly confers that power. The Court held that the Sub-Registrar's role ends on registration, and that allegations of fraud or invalidity in a registered instrument must be pursued before the civil court, not through a summary administrative process. It further held that Section 82 of the Registration Act, 1908 and Section 21 of the General Clauses Act, 1897 do not authorise cancellation of registration, and that a circular cannot enlarge statutory powers. The circular was therefore ultra vires and was set aside to the extent it permitted annulment of registered documents. en-us Mon, 22 Oct 2018 00:00:00 +0530 Mon, 17 Jun 2019 21:52:03 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=281401 A registering authority cannot annul or recall a document once registration is complete unless the Registration Act, 1908 expressly confers that power. The Court held that the Sub-Registrar's role ends on registration, and that allegations of fraud or invalidity in a registered instrument must be pursued before the civil court, not through a summary administrative process. It further held that Section 82 of the Registration Act, 1908 and Section 21 of the General Clauses Act, 1897 do not authorise cancellation of registration, and that a circular cannot enlarge statutory powers. The circular was therefore ultra vires and was set aside to the extent it permitted annulment of registered documents. Case-Laws Indian Laws Mon, 22 Oct 2018 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=281401