https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=460922 A settlement deed presented for registration by an erstwhile power of attorney agent after the executant's death was treated as invalid because the presenter lacked statutory authority, and the defect was jurisdictional rather than a curable irregularity. Subsequent registration could not validate the defective presentation or convey title. The text further notes that ratification and estoppel were not established where only some heirs or a witness acted inconsistently with objection, and that adverse possession failed because continuous hostile possession for the statutory period was not proved, especially where any adverse claim could arise only after mortgage redemption. en-us Mon, 04 Aug 1986 00:00:00 +0530 Mon, 03 Mar 2025 15:08:58 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=460922 A settlement deed presented for registration by an erstwhile power of attorney agent after the executant's death was treated as invalid because the presenter lacked statutory authority, and the defect was jurisdictional rather than a curable irregularity. Subsequent registration could not validate the defective presentation or convey title. The text further notes that ratification and estoppel were not established where only some heirs or a witness acted inconsistently with objection, and that adverse possession failed because continuous hostile possession for the statutory period was not proved, especially where any adverse claim could arise only after mortgage redemption. Case-Laws Indian Laws Mon, 04 Aug 1986 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=460922