https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=305649 A registered sale deed procured by fraud may be cancelled by the registering authority where the executants had no subsisting title or authority to convey the property. The court noted that an earlier gift deed had already validly transferred the property and remained unchallenged, so the later vendors lacked legal capacity to execute the sale deed. After enquiry, notice, and consideration of objections, the authority found fraud on the registering authority and treated the impugned transaction as non est. Applying the principle that fraud vitiates even solemn acts, the court upheld administrative cancellation of the sale deed and declined to require the true owner to pursue civil litigation. en-us Wed, 20 Nov 2013 00:00:00 +0530 Sat, 17 Dec 2022 15:08:20 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=305649 A registered sale deed procured by fraud may be cancelled by the registering authority where the executants had no subsisting title or authority to convey the property. The court noted that an earlier gift deed had already validly transferred the property and remained unchallenged, so the later vendors lacked legal capacity to execute the sale deed. After enquiry, notice, and consideration of objections, the authority found fraud on the registering authority and treated the impugned transaction as non est. Applying the principle that fraud vitiates even solemn acts, the court upheld administrative cancellation of the sale deed and declined to require the true owner to pursue civil litigation. Case-Laws Indian Laws Wed, 20 Nov 2013 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=305649