The Supreme Court of India recently ruled that a person cannot, under the pretext of correcting a mistake, execute a rectification deed to change the identity number of their land to that of someone else’s land and on this ground claim the other person’s land, especially when the actual owner of such land did not give his consent.
This judgement arose from a case filed by the sons of late Mr Thimmadasappa, who owned two properties in Bangalore (identity number Sy. No.1/4 and Sy. No. 162). The land with identity number Sy no. 1/4 was sold multiple times and the last person to hold it is Mr K.M. Venkatamuniyappa. But for unknown reasons Venkatamuniyappa and a person called Govindappa executed a rectification deed which changed the land's identity number from Sy no. 1/4 to Sy no. 162. This created a dispute, since the land with identity number Sy no. 162 was not sold ever and Thimmadasappa owned it, but due to the rectification deed, Venkatamuniyappa lay his claim over it.
