https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=305346 The Registration Act, 1908 requires compulsory registration of documents that create, declare, assign, limit or extinguish rights in immovable property, and unregistered instruments cannot affect the property or be used to prove the transaction. The text explains that SA/GPA/Will arrangements used as substitutes for a registered conveyance undermine public notice, encourage fraud and uncertainty in title, and therefore cannot validly operate as transfers of freehold property. It also notes the wider policy concern that such practices are used to avoid stamp duty and registration requirements, prompting calls for coordinated administrative and legislative action to curb their misuse. en-us Fri, 15 May 2009 00:00:00 +0530 Sat, 14 Oct 2023 09:50:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=305346 The Registration Act, 1908 requires compulsory registration of documents that create, declare, assign, limit or extinguish rights in immovable property, and unregistered instruments cannot affect the property or be used to prove the transaction. The text explains that SA/GPA/Will arrangements used as substitutes for a registered conveyance undermine public notice, encourage fraud and uncertainty in title, and therefore cannot validly operate as transfers of freehold property. It also notes the wider policy concern that such practices are used to avoid stamp duty and registration requirements, prompting calls for coordinated administrative and legislative action to curb their misuse. Case-Laws Indian Laws Fri, 15 May 2009 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=305346