Registering Authority Can’t Decide Property Ownership: SC

K. Gopi Vs Sub-Registrar & Ors. (Supreme Court of India) Supreme Court order that registering authority has no adjudicatory power to decide whether the executant has any title/ ownership of property Rule 55A provides that unless documents are produced to prove that the executant has a right in respect of the property subject matter of the instrument, the registration of the same shall be refused. Thus, if a sale deed is presented for registration, documents must be produced to demonstrate that the executant has acquired ownership of the property. In a sense, power has been conferred on the...