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Supreme Court judgments on Registration Act, 1908

20 judgments, latest first, from 2018 to 2026. Listed when the Supreme Court Reports file the judgment's headnote under this Act, as printed at the start of the headnote. Judgments that only mention it in passing are not listed.

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Tharammel Peethambaran and Another vs T. Ushakrishnan and Another
SC · 6 February 2026
[2026] 2 S.C.R. 576 : 2026 INSC 134
The controversy centres around the disputed circumstance, namely, the power of agency given by the plaintiff to the 1st Defendant through Exh.B-2. Whether the documentary evidence in Exh.B-2 satisfies the requirement of…
Vinod Infra Developers Ltd. vs Mahaveer Lunia & Ors.
SC · 23 May 2025
[2025] 7 S.C.R. 190 : 2025 INSC 772
Whether the High Court erred in rejecting the plaint filed by the appellant u/Or.VII, r.11, CPC, 1908.
Mahnoor Fatima Imran & Ors. vs M/s Visweswara Infrastructure Pvt Ltd. & Ors.
SC · 7 May 2025
[2025] 5 S.C.R. 2515 : 2025 INSC 646
1. Whether an unregistered sale agreement can confer valid title or ownership of immovable property. 2. Whether a High Court exercising jurisdiction under Article 226 can direct dispossession of a party without proof of…
K. Gopi vs The Sub-Registrar & Ors.
SC · 7 April 2025
[2025] 5 S.C.R. 47 : 2025 INSC 462
Matter pertains to the correctness of order by the Division Bench of the High Court with regard to upholding the order of the sub-registrar, refusing registration of a sale deed.
Mukesh vs The State of Madhya Pradesh & Anr.
SC · 20 December 2024
[2024] 12 S.C.R. 1210 : 2024 INSC 1026
Whether the High Court was right in holding that the compromise decree in favor of the appellant needed registration and stamp duty was also required to be paid for mutation of the subject land.
The State of Punjab & Anr. vs M/s Ferrous Alloy Forgings P Ltd. & Ors.
SC · 19 November 2024
[2024] 11 S.C.R. 1335 : 2024 INSC 890
Whether it is mandatory for the successful auction purchaser to deposit the stamp duty for the sale certificate to be issued to it in view of the provisions of the Stamp Act and the Registration Act.
Shyamsundar Radheshyam Agrawal & Anr. vs Pushpabai Nilkanth Patil & Ors.
SC · 24 September 2024
[2024] 9 S.C.R. 881 : 2024 INSC 730
Whether the appellants are liable to pay stamp duty and penalty on the agreements to sell executed prior to the sale deed executed in their favour.
Kaushik Premkumar Mishra & Anr. vs Kanji Ravaria @ Kanji & Anr.
SC · 19 July 2024
[2024] 7 S.C.R. 2295 : 2024 INSC 540
Whether the sale deed dated 02.12.1985 was executed by Respondent No. 2; whether the sale consideration was paid with respect to sale deed dated 02.12.1985; whether the sale deed dated 02.12.1985 was presented for regist…
R. Hemalatha vs Kashthuri
SC · 10 April 2023
[2023] 2 S.C.R. 834 : 2023 INSC 336
Registration Act, 1908 – ss.17(1A), Proviso to s.49 – Specific Relief Act, 1877 – Chapter-II – Suit for specific performance – Unregistered Agreement to Sell – Admissibility in evidence – Held: As per proviso to s.49, an…
Manik Majumder and Others vs Dipak Kumar Saha (Dead) through Lrs. & Others
SC · 13 January 2023
[2023] 4 S.C.R. 140 : 2023 INSC 34
Registration Act, 1908 – ss. 32, 33 and 60 – Execution of sale deed on the strength of a deed of Power of Attorney – Nonproduction of the deed of power of attorney – Effect of, to the case of plaintiff in the suit – Powe…
Veena Singh (Dead) through Lr vs The District Registrar/Additional Collector (F/R) and Another
SC · 10 May 2022
[2022] 3 S.C.R. 736 : 2022 INSC 544
Registration Act, 1908: ss. 35, 72, 73, 74 – Execution and registration of sale deed – Agreement to sell certain land between the appellant and the second respondent – Execution of sale deed by the appellant in favour of…
Korukonda Chalapathi Rao & Anr. vs Korukonda Annapurna Sampath Kumar
SC · 1 October 2021
[2021] 11 S.C.R. 836 : 2021 INSC 586
Registration Act, 1908 – ss. 17(1)(b), 49 – Partition – Family Settlement, if required registration – Suit filed by respondent inter alia for declaration of title over the plaint schedule property and eviction of the app…
Anapurna Jaiswal vs Indian Oil Corporation Ltd. and Ors.
SC · 30 September 2021
[2021] 9 S.C.R. 204 : 2021 INSC 583
Transfer of Property Act, 1882 – s.105 – Registration Act, 1908 – s.47 – An advertisement was published on 12.10.2011 by the respondent-Corporation inviting applications for grant of dealership of petrol pumps – Appellan…
Union of India & Anr. vs S. Narasimhulu Naidu (Dead) through Lrs. and Ors.
SC · 27 August 2021
[2021] 4 S.C.R. 1198 : 2021 INSC 425
Andhra Pradesh Land Grabbing (Prohibition) Act, 1982 – ss.2(d) and 8 – Government Grants Act, 1895 – s.2 – Registration Act, 1908 – s.17 – Respondents-applicants’ case that their father had purchased 2 acres 27 guntas of…
Ripudaman Singh vs Tikka Maheshwar Chand
SC · 6 July 2021
[2021] 6 S.C.R. 562 : 2021 INSC 320
Registration Act, 1908: s.17(2)(vi) – Parties to dispute are brothers – Suit for possession disputing Will – Compromise decree between brothers – Whether a compromise decree in respect of land which is not the subject-ma…
Ravinder Kaur Grewal & Ors. vs Manjit Kaur & Ors.
SC · 31 July 2020
[2020] 8 S.C.R. 1138 : 2019 INSC 869
Registration Act, 1908 – s. 17 – Document of family settlement – The predecessor of the appellants asserted that his ownership and possession in respect of the suit land comprising Khasra No. 935/1 and 935/2 including co…
Siri Chand (Deceased) Thr. Lrs. vs Surinder Singh
SC · 17 June 2020
[2020] 5 S.C.R. 265 : 2020 INSC 431
East Punjab Urban Rent Restriction Act, 1949 – s. 13 – Registration Act, 1908 – s. 17(1) (d) – Appellant-landlord filed an application u/s. 13 of the Act, 1949 and sought eviction of respondent-tenant along with arrears…
Mohammade Yusuf & Ors. vs Rajkumar & Ors.
SC · 5 February 2020
[2020] 3 S.C.R. 649 : 2020 INSC 133
Registration Act, 1908 – s. 17 – Compromise decree – If requires registration – Suit filed in 1984, by appellant’s father inter alia for declaration in respect of a 7 biswa area of survey no. 203 which was attached in ea…
Ameer Minhaj vs Dierdre Elizabeth (Wright) Issar and Ors.
SC · 4 July 2018
[2018] 5 S.C.R. 173 : 2018 INSC 578
Registration Act, 1908 – s. 17(1A) – Transfer of Property Act, 1882 – s. 53A – Document of which registration compulsory – On facts, unregistered agreement to sell, on the basis of which relief of specific performance cl…
Sita Ram Bhama vs Ramvatar Bhama
SC · 23 March 2018
[2018] 10 S.C.R. 503 : 2018 INSC 260
Registration Act, 1908 – ss.17 and 49 – Admissibility of document in evidence – Appellant-plaintiff and respondentdefendant after death of their father, recorded a memorandum of settlement as decided by their father rega…

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