Rani Hemanta Kumari Debi vs Midnapur Zemindari Company Ltd. on 6 July, 1914
Debi v. Midnapore Zamindari Co. ('19) 6 A.I.R. 1919 P.C. 79 we should have felt no difficulty in accepting the argument for the appellants. Sub-section (2) of Section 17, Registration Act, only exempts decrees and orders which fall within Clauses (b) and (c) of Sub-section (1). The clause which relates to leases is Clause (d). A lease is, of course, a non-testamentary instrument which operates to create a right in immovable property; but inasmuch as leases are dealt with separately in a later clause the rules of construction of statutes preclude the respondent calling in aid Clause (b).