Registration Act, 1908, Section 17 -- Family settlement - Compulsory registration - When a document is compulsorily registrable, but same is unregistered, then same will be inadmissible in evidence and will not convey any right, title or interest in the suit property in favour of the plaintiff...........
Registration Act, 1908, Section 57(5) -- Registered document - Certified copies - Provision of S.57(5) of the Act does not dispense with proof of execution of document...........
Registration Act, 1908, Section 89A, Indian Registration (Filing of True Copies) Rules, 1967, Rule 4, 5, 6 -- True copies - There is no provision of law compelling officers to prepare a true copy of each document presented for registration - It is for parties to document to produce a true copy at time of presentation of document for registration...........
Registration Act, 1908, Section 89A, Indian Registration (Filing of True Copies) Rules, 1967, Rule 7 -- True copy - It is mandatory duty of staff of Registrar's office to verify the correctness of true copy and it should be compared with original document to fulfill statutory obligations...........
Registration Act, 1908, Section 57(5), Evidence Act, 1872, Section 65(f) -- Secondary evidence - Registered document - Certified copies of documents obtained from Registrar's office are admissible, though they are secondary evidence...........
Evidence Act, 1872, Section 63, 65, 74, Registration Act, 1908, Section 57 -- Secondary evidence - Registered document - Registered document properly executed by parties is not a public document - It is certainly a private document - True copy of document presented for registration, which has been entered in books of registration, kept as per law is public document falling..........
Registration Act, 1908, Section 57, Evidence Act, 1872, Section 63, 65, 74 -- Secondary evidence - Conflict between registered document and certified copy of document issued by registering authority - Original document should prevail...........
Registration Act, 1908, Section 57, Evidence Act, 1872, Section 63, 65, 74 -- Secondary evidence - If there is only secondary evidence of transaction in form of certified copy issued from Registrar's office and recitals in document do not match with contentions of party to document, remedy is to seek rectification of document before asserting any claim on basis of that..........
Registration Act, 1908, Section 23, 25 -- Presentation of document - Time period prescribed u/s 23 of the Act, is not mandatory but it is only directory in nature - Limitation prescribed u/s 23 of the Act should be read with consonance with S.25 of the Act - Moreover, Registrar has power to condone delay in presentation, if delay is unavoidable...........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 154, Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 302, 34 -- Delayed FIR - Murder case - Offence committed at around 4-5 p.m - Registration of FIR at police station between 7.30 to 8.00 p.m. - No reason to draw adverse inference, particularly when after occurrence, deceased was taken to nearby nursing home where he was declared dead and body..........
