Registered sale deed effective from execution date; pre-registration changes void: SC

Kanwar Raj Singh (D) Th. Lrs. Vs Gejo. (D) Th. Lrs & Ors. (Supreme Court of India) Supreme Court of India has ruled that unilateral alterations made to a sale deed after its execution but before its registration are invalid and do not affect the original terms of the deed. The Court clarified the operation of Section 47 of the Registration Act, 1908, stating that a registered document operates from the date of its execution, not registration, for determining the rights conveyed. The case, Kanwar Raj Singh (D) Th. Lrs. Vs Gejo. (D) Th. Lrs & Ors., involved a dispute over land measuring ...