Rajeswari v. Shanmugam ; 2025 INSC 1329 - Specific Relief Act - Registration Act
Registration Act, 1908 - Section 17(1)(e) - Specific Relief Act - The assignment deed assigning the decree of specific performance does not require registration (Para 34) The decree of specific performance does not create or purport to create any right, title or interest in any immovable property- Registration is mandatory only for non-testamentary instruments transferring or assigning any decree or order of a Court or any award when such decree or order or award purports or operates to create, declare, assign, limit or extinguish, whether in present or in future, any right, title or interest, whether vested or contingent, of the value of one hundred rupees and upwards, to or in immovable property. (Para 26)
Case Info
Case Details
- Case name: Rajeswari & Ors. v. Shanmugam & Anr.
- Neutral citation: 2025 INSC 1329
- Coram: J.B. Pardiwala, K.V. Viswanathan
- Judgment date: 19 November 2025
Caselaws and Citations
- Babu Lal v. Hazari Lal Kishori Lal, (1982) 1 SCC 525.
- Hakim Enayat Ullah v. Khalil Ullah Khan, AIR 1938 All 432.
- Kartik Chandra Pal v. Dibakar Bhattacharjee, AIR 1952 Cal 362.
- Ranjit Singh v. Kalidasi Debi, ILR (1910) 37 Cal 57.
- Madanmohan Singh v. Gaja Prasad Singh, (1911) 14 CLJ 159.
- Deonandan Prasad v. Janki Singh, (1920) 5 Pat LJ 314.
- Atal Behary Acharya v. Barada Prasad Banerji, AIR 1931 Pat 179.
- Suraj Lamp & Industries (P) Ltd. (2) v. State of Haryana, (2012) 1 SCC 656.
- Narandas Karsondas v. S.A. Kamtam, (1977) 3 SCC 247.
- Ram Baran Prasad v. Ram Mohit Hazra, AIR 1967 SC 744.
- Rambhau Namdeo Gajre v. Narayan Bapuji Dhotra, (2004) 8 SCC 614.
- Hungerford Investment Trust Ltd. v. Haridas Mundhra, (1972) 3 SCC 684.
- Khardah Co. Ltd. v. Raymon & Co. (India) (P) Ltd., AIR 1962 SC 1810.
- Kapilaben v. Ashok Kumar Jayantilal Sheth, (2020) 20 SCC 648.
- High Court references:
- Mumtaz Ahmad v. Sri Ram, (1913) 11 ALJR 815 (Allahabad HC).
- Amol v. Deorao, 2011 SCC OnLine Bom 11 (Bombay HC).
- K. Bhaskaram v. Mohammad Moulana, AIR 2005 AP 524 (Andhra Pradesh HC) — held not correct law.
Statutes/Laws Referred
- Registration Act, 1908: Section 17(1)(e); Section 17(1)(b).
- Code of Civil Procedure, 1908: Section 47; Order XXI Rule 16.
- Specific Relief Act, 1963: Section 22; Section 28; Section 15.
- Transfer of Property Act, 1882: Section 54; Section 40.
- Indian Trusts Act, 1882: Section 91 (referenced via Suraj Lamp/Narandas).
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