https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=300649 Temporary residence was sufficient to confer jurisdiction on the Registrar to authenticate a power of attorney under section 33 of the Registration Act, 1908, where the facts showed the executant was residing there at the relevant time. An alleged irregular presentation of the instrument did not invalidate later authentication or the registration of the mortgage deed, because a procedural defect does not vitiate an act done within jurisdiction under section 33. A Registrar's mistaken invocation of the proviso to section 33(1) was treated as an error within jurisdiction, not a jurisdictional nullity, and the authentication remained valid. The challenge to the power of attorney and mortgage registration therefore failed. en-us Tue, 09 Mar 1954 00:00:00 +0530 Thu, 17 Feb 2022 15:57:02 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=300649 Temporary residence was sufficient to confer jurisdiction on the Registrar to authenticate a power of attorney under section 33 of the Registration Act, 1908, where the facts showed the executant was residing there at the relevant time. An alleged irregular presentation of the instrument did not invalidate later authentication or the registration of the mortgage deed, because a procedural defect does not vitiate an act done within jurisdiction under section 33. A Registrar's mistaken invocation of the proviso to section 33(1) was treated as an error within jurisdiction, not a jurisdictional nullity, and the authentication remained valid. The challenge to the power of attorney and mortgage registration therefore failed. Case-Laws Indian Laws Tue, 09 Mar 1954 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=300649