RAJENDRA NATH SINHA
MANDIRA MOOKERJEE – Appellant
Versus
DISTRICT CONSUMER DISPUTES REDRESSAL ; Forum – Respondent
( 1 ) THE controversy : Reliefs were sought by the respondent/ writ petitioner for execution of the conveyance pursuant to an agreement for purchase of a flat under the scheme formulated by the developer under agreement with the owner before the Consumer Forum. The Consumer forum had occasion to impound the agreement between the owner-promoter and the consumer on the ground that it was not properly stamped However, mr. Talukdar on behalf of the respondent points out that proper stamp-duty was paid by the consumer on the agreement between him and the owner/ promoter. But Mr. Bhattacharya on behalf of the appellant contends that this agreement was not registered though it is compulsorily registrable under section 17 sub-section (1-A) of the Registration Act incorporated through amendment by Act 48 of 2001 with effect from 24th September, 2001, since the agreement was entered into thereafter in October 2001. Therefore, according to Mr. Bhattacharya, no relief can be had on the basis of such a document on two fold reasons-one that the document is impounded and the other that the document is not a registered one, even if it is stamped subsequent to the impounding of the agreem
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