https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=289099 A donor's recital in a Muslim gift deed that possession was delivered operates as an admission against those claiming under the donor and raises a rebuttable presumption of valid delivery; the burden is not on the donee unless cogent evidence rebuts the recital. In a jointly occupied residential house, physical withdrawal by the donor is not necessary to complete delivery of possession, and the gift may be operative despite continued joint residence. The recital was therefore treated as binding on the plaintiffs, the gift of the residential house was upheld, and the challenge to that item failed. en-us Mon, 09 Sep 1957 00:00:00 +0530 Wed, 15 Jul 2020 12:47:56 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=289099 A donor's recital in a Muslim gift deed that possession was delivered operates as an admission against those claiming under the donor and raises a rebuttable presumption of valid delivery; the burden is not on the donee unless cogent evidence rebuts the recital. In a jointly occupied residential house, physical withdrawal by the donor is not necessary to complete delivery of possession, and the gift may be operative despite continued joint residence. The recital was therefore treated as binding on the plaintiffs, the gift of the residential house was upheld, and the challenge to that item failed. Case-Laws Indian Laws Mon, 09 Sep 1957 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=289099