Landmark case · Drafting, Pleadings and Conveyancing · Semester 6

Church of North India v. Lavajibhai Ratanjibhai

(2005) 10 SCC 760 · Supreme Court of India

A religious or corporate body can convey only through persons authorised by its constitution; unregistered documents do not pass title where registration is compulsory.

From topic

Sale deed and title investigation — Unit IV, Drafting, Pleadings and Conveyancing.

Related sections:

Transfer of Property Act, 1882, 54 — Sale defined; contract for sale
Transfer of Property Act, 1882, 55 — Rights and liabilities of buyer and seller
Registration Act, 1908, 17 — Documents of which registration is compulsory
Registration Act, 1908, 49 — Effect of non-registration