https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=286415 A registered document operates from the date of execution, not from the date of registration, under Section 47 of the Registration Act, 1908. Where competing documents are executed on the same day, priority depends on the time of execution, and the earlier executed document prevails. On that principle, the later sale deed could not be treated as automatically cancelled merely because a decree for specific performance existed; the challenge to the later deed was rejected and the lower appellate court's decree was left undisturbed. en-us Thu, 19 Sep 2002 00:00:00 +0530 Tue, 25 Feb 2020 11:36:28 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=286415 A registered document operates from the date of execution, not from the date of registration, under Section 47 of the Registration Act, 1908. Where competing documents are executed on the same day, priority depends on the time of execution, and the earlier executed document prevails. On that principle, the later sale deed could not be treated as automatically cancelled merely because a decree for specific performance existed; the challenge to the later deed was rejected and the lower appellate court's decree was left undisturbed. Case-Laws Indian Laws Thu, 19 Sep 2002 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=286415