https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=312147 An unregistered agreement to sell that became compulsorily registrable under the Gujarat amendment to the Registration Act, 1908, could not be used to sustain a claim founded solely on that document. The proviso to Section 49 permits such an instrument only for a suit for specific performance, for evidence of part performance under Section 53A of the Transfer of Property Act, 1882, or for a collateral purpose not requiring registration. As the plaint sought recovery of possession only on the strength of the unregistered document and did not plead title or any other permissible basis, the document was inadmissible for that purpose and the suit could not succeed. en-us Thu, 29 Aug 2002 00:00:00 +0530 Sat, 03 Feb 2024 11:54:45 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=312147 An unregistered agreement to sell that became compulsorily registrable under the Gujarat amendment to the Registration Act, 1908, could not be used to sustain a claim founded solely on that document. The proviso to Section 49 permits such an instrument only for a suit for specific performance, for evidence of part performance under Section 53A of the Transfer of Property Act, 1882, or for a collateral purpose not requiring registration. As the plaint sought recovery of possession only on the strength of the unregistered document and did not plead title or any other permissible basis, the document was inadmissible for that purpose and the suit could not succeed. Case-Laws Indian Laws Thu, 29 Aug 2002 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=312147