Based on the provided legal document, here are the key points: Subject: Property Law - Registration of Property (!) (!) Acts Referred: Bihar Registration Rules, 2008 – Rule 19, sub-rules (xvii) and (xviii) (!) (!) (!) (!) (!) (!) (!) (!) (!) Registration Act, 1908 – Sections 21, 69(1)(a), 69(1)(aa), 69(1)(d), 69(1)(b), 69(1)(g), 69(1)(h), 69(1)(f), 69(1)(gg), 69(1)(i) (!) (!) (!) (!) (!) (!) (!) (!) (!) (!) (!) (!) (!) (!) (!) (!) (!) (!) (!) (!) (!) (!) (!) (!) (!) (!) (!) (!) (!) (!) (!) (!) (!) (!) (!) (!) (!) (!) (!) (!) (!) (!) (!) (!) (!) (!) (!) (!) (!) (!) Transfer of Property Act, 1882 – Section 54 (!) (!) (!) Bihar Land Mutation Act, 2011 (!) (!) (!) (!) (!) (!) (!) (!) (!) Bihar Special Survey and Settlement Act, 2011 (!) (!) (!) (!) (!) (!) (!) Key Findings: Sub-rules (xvii) and (xviii) of Rule 19 of Bihar Registration Rules, 2008 are ultra vires the rule-making power under Section 69 of the Registration Act, 1908 (!) (!) (!) (!) (!) Registration of a document recording purchase of immovable property does not confer guaranteed title of ownership; it only serves as a public record with presumptive evidentiary value (!) (!) (!) (!) The requirement to produce proof of Jamabandi or holding allotment as a condition precedent for registration is arbitrary and illegal due to the incomplete status of land surveys and mutation processes in Bihar (!) (!) (!) The existing legal framework suffers from systemic deficiencies, including fake documents, land encroachments, and cumbersome verification processes (!) (!) Adoption of Blockchain technology is suggested to ensure immutability, transparency, and traceability in land registration (!) (!) (!) (!) The Government of India is directed to constitute a body with State participation to examine the integration of property registration with conclusive titling (!) (!) (!) The Law Commission is requested to examine the issue of land registration reform in detail (!) (!) (!) Result: Civil Appeals allowed; Notification introducing the impugned sub-rules set aside (!) (!)

Samiullah vs State of Bihar - 2025 Supreme(SC) 1896

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2025 Supreme(SC) 1896

PAMIDIGHANTAM SRI NARASIMHA, JOYMALYA BAGCHI
Samiullah – Appellant
Versus
State of Bihar – Respondent

Advocates appeared:
For the Petitioner(s): Mr. A Velan, AOR (Arguing Counsel) Ms. Navpreet Kaur, Adv. Mr. Prince Singh, Adv. Mr. Nilay Rai, Adv. Mr. Manan Kumar Mishra, Sr. Adv. (Arguing Counsel) Ms. Anjul Dwivedi, Adv. Dr. Ram Sankar, Adv. Mrs. Harini Ramsankar, Adv. M/S. Ram Sankar & Co, AOR
For the Respondent(s): Mr. Ranjit Kumar, Sr. Adv. (Arguing Counsel) Mr. Manish Kumar, AOR Mr. Divyansh Mishra, Adv.

Judgement Key Points

Based on the provided legal document, here are the key points:

Subject: Property Law - Registration of Property (!) (!)
Acts Referred:
- Bihar Registration Rules, 2008 – Rule 19, sub-rules (xvii) and (xviii) (!) (!) (!) (!) (!) (!) (!) (!) (!)
- Registration Act, 1908 – Sections 21, 69(1)(a), 69(1)(aa), 69(1)(d), 69(1)(b), 69(1)(g), 69(1)(h), 69(1)(f), 69(1)(gg), 69(1)(i) (!) (!) (!) (!) (!) (!) (!) (!) (!) (!) (!) (!) (!) (!) (!) (!) (!) (!) (!) (!) (!) (!) (!) (!) (!) (!) (!) (!) (!) (!) (!) (!) (!) (!) (!) (!) (!) (!) (!) (!) (!) (!) (!) (!) (!) (!) (!) (!) (!) (!)
- Transfer of Property Act, 1882 – Section 54 (!) (!) (!)
- Bihar Land Mutation Act, 2011 (!) (!) (!) (!) (!) (!) (!) (!) (!)
- Bihar Special Survey and Settlement Act, 2011 (!) (!) (!) (!) (!) (!) (!)
Key Findings:
- Sub-rules (xvii) and (xviii) of Rule 19 of Bihar Registration Rules, 2008 are ultra vires the rule-making power under Section 69 of the Registration Act, 1908 (!) (!) (!) (!) (!)
- Registration of a document recording purchase of immovable property does not confer guaranteed title of ownership; it only serves as a public record with presumptive evidentiary value (!) (!) (!) (!)
- The requirement to produce proof of Jamabandi or holding allotment as a condition precedent for registration is arbitrary and illegal due to the incomplete status of land surveys and mutation processes in Bihar (!) (!) (!)
- The existing legal framework suffers from systemic deficiencies, including fake documents, land encroachments, and cumbersome verification processes (!) (!)
- Adoption of Blockchain technology is suggested to ensure immutability, transparency, and traceability in land registration (!) (!) (!) (!)
- The Government of India is directed to constitute a body with State participation to examine the integration of property registration with conclusive titling (!) (!) (!)
- The Law Commission is requested to examine the issue of land registration reform in detail (!) (!) (!)
Result: Civil Appeals allowed; Notification introducing the impugned sub-rules set aside (!) (!)

JUDGMENT :

Contents

1.	Introduction.
2.	Facts.
3.	Submissions.
4.	Distinction between the existing sub-rules (i) to (xvi) and the impugned sub- rules (xvii) and (xviii) of Rule 19.
5.	Scope of rule-making power under Section 69.
6.	Sourcing the rule-making power under other provisions of the Registration Act.
7.	Concerns arising out of Bihar Land Mutation Act, 2011.
8.	Dichotomy between registration and title.
8.1	Existing legal structure
8.2	The problems relating to the legal structure
8.3	Technological possibilities
	Reformation of Land Registration processes and to eschew “fraudulent/multiple registrations”
8.5	Suggestions and Direction to constitute a committee
9.	Conclusion.

1. Introduction.

1. Delay condoned. Leave granted.

2. The constitutionally protected right to own immovable property inherently includes the freedom to freely acquire, possess and dispose it at will. The efficiency and transparency with which immovable property is bought and sold is demonstrative of a nation’s

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2025 Supreme(SC) 1896

PAMIDIGHANTAM SRI NARASIMHA, JOYMALYA BAGCHISamiullah – AppellantVersusState of Bihar – Respondent

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PAMIDIGHANTAM SRI NARASIMHA, JOYMALYA BAGCHI
Samiullah – Appellant
Versus
State of Bihar – Respondent