THE GAUHATI HIGH COURT (HIGH COURT OF ASSAM, NAGALAND, MIZORAM AND ARUNACHAL PRADESH)
Devashis Baruah
Namita Tumung (Widow) W/o Late Mission Das – Appellant
Versus
Alpana Roy – Respondent
JUDGMENT AND ORDER :
Heard Mr. S. P. Choudhury, the learned counsel appearing on behalf of the appellants and Ms. R. Choudhury, the learned counsel appearing on behalf of the respondents.
2. This is an appeal under Section 100 of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (for short ‘the Code’) challenging the judgment and decree dated 07.04.2015 passed by the learned Court of the Civil Judge, Karimganj (for short ‘the learned First Appellate Court’) in Title Appeal No.7/2014 whereby the suit of the plaintiff was decreed to the extent of declaring the possessory title of the plaintiff over the suit land thereby setting aside the judgment and decree dated 17.12.2013 passed by the learned Munsiff No.2, Karimganj (for short ‘the learned Trial Court’) in Title Suit No.453/2006.
3. It is seen from the records that vide order dated 22.05.2017, the instant appeal was admitted by formulating a substantial question of law which reads as under:
“(1) Whether the impugned lower appellate Court judgment and decree is based on misappreciation of evidence on record and Section 17 and 49 of the Registration Act, 1908 and resulting in erroneous finding?”
4. The question which arises before this Court is as to wh
An unregistered sale deed does not convey title but can establish possession; the appeal was dismissed as the substantial question of law was not involved.
An unregistered Agreement for Sale can be admitted as evidence in a suit for specific performance, and appellate courts should respect trial court discretion unless shown to be arbitrary.
The claim of title and plea of adverse possession cannot coexist. An unregistered sale deed cannot be looked into for collateral purposes.
The legal significance of registered documents under the Registration Act and the Transfer of Property Act, and the inability of an unregistered deed to confer a valid title.
A registered sale deed over 30 years old carries a presumption of authenticity, shifting the burden of proof to the opposing party to challenge its validity.
Point of Law : There is a presumption that a registered document is validly executed and a registered document, therefore, prima facie, would be valid in law.
It is trite that once declaration of right, title and interest have been granted in favour of a particular person, person who claims adversarial interest has to show a better title as to why he shoul....
A plaintiff must present compelling evidence to rebut existing presumptions in property records; otherwise, a suit can be dismissed, especially when considering limitation laws.
Unregistered sale deeds require evidence of possession transfer to establish title; without such evidence, the claim of ownership is invalid.
An unregistered sale deed does not convey ownership of property, and adverse possession cannot be claimed without a valid title established through registration.
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