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CAN A FAMILY SETTLEMENT, WHICH IS UNREGISTERED, BE ENFORCED BY COURT OF LAW?   By virtue of the Registration Act, 1908 (in short, the Registration Act), the enactments relating to the ‘registration of documents’ were consolidated. The Registration Act provides for the ‘Registrable Documents’, ‘Time of Presentation’, ‘Place of Registration’, ‘Effect of Registration and Non-Registration’ ‘Penalties’ etc. In simple words ‘registration’ means the process of recording the particulars of a document into the ‘book’ provided to every registering officer by… Read More »CAN A FAMILY SETTLEMENT, WHICH IS UNREGISTERED, BE ENFORCED BY COURT OF LAW?

1 )What is an F.I.R ? F.I.R. means ‘First Information Report’, made to police, about commission of a cognizable offence. Police is duty bound to reduce any such information about the commission of any act or omission made punishable by any law into writing and read it over to the informant. Further, it is mandatory to give a copy of the first information report as recorded by police to the complainant or informant free of cost. In other words we can say that an… Read More »WHAT IS F.I.R.?

I have been dealing with queries/ cases related to property and property disputes and often come across queries /cases which involves transfer/ sell of immovable property through an ‘alternate mechanism’ [a) a General Power of Attorney (GPA, in short), b) an Agreement to Sell and c) a Will], instead of the execution of a proper and valid conveyance deed, i.e. Registered Sale Deed. The dispute/s arises when the owner with title of the property presents a suit terming the GPA… Read More »TRANSFER OF IMMOVABLE PROPERTY (GPA SALE)