https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=309728 An unregistered agreement of sale may be received in evidence in a suit for specific performance because Section 49 of the Registration Act, 1908 creates an exception to the compulsory registration rule under Section 17 when the document is used as evidence of a contract. An agreement that merely records a right to obtain a further conveyance does not by itself create or extinguish title, so its admission for specific performance is legally permissible. The document was therefore admissible, and the order admitting it was held to be in law. en-us Mon, 24 Nov 2003 00:00:00 +0530 Tue, 19 Sep 2023 15:59:19 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=309728 An unregistered agreement of sale may be received in evidence in a suit for specific performance because Section 49 of the Registration Act, 1908 creates an exception to the compulsory registration rule under Section 17 when the document is used as evidence of a contract. An agreement that merely records a right to obtain a further conveyance does not by itself create or extinguish title, so its admission for specific performance is legally permissible. The document was therefore admissible, and the order admitting it was held to be in law. Case-Laws Indian Laws Mon, 24 Nov 2003 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=309728