Sp. Vairavan vs The Sub-Registrar on 24 October, 2024
Unfortunately, the parties in Amar Nath [Amar Nath v. Gian Chand,
(2022) 11 SCC 460 : 2022 SCC OnLine SC 102] , appear to have gone on
a wild goose chase. Instead of focussing their attack on the agent (who was
the defendant in the suit), for executing the document without any power,
the parties focussed their attack on the registering officer for permitting
the registration of the document. This resulted in their failure. If a civil
court finds that the sale by a power agent was unauthorised, then the
question whether the registering officer performed his duties properly or
not, would lose its significance. An attack on the authority of the executant
of a document, is not to be mixed with the attack on the authority of the
registering officer to register the document. The distinction between the
execution of a document and the registration of the document is to be
borne in mind while dealing with these questions.