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The Economic Times
The Economic Times
Neelanjit Das

Property seller's family challenged 15-bigha land sale, authorities ordered cancellation of sale deed; Supreme Court restores buyer's right, says registered sale deed can't be discarded for these reasons

Due to inconsistency in witness testimony the high court and other authorities ordered cancellation of a 1957 executed registered sale deed thus leading to a long battle for the property buyer to secure his rights in the 15 bigha land. The entire dispute about who owns this land started when the land buyer wanted to mutate his name in the revenue records. During the mutation proceedings, he faced objections from the seller's family who in turn wanted their name to remain in the mutation records.

To tell you about the reason why the high court and the lower authorities ordered cancellation of cancelled the 1957 sale deed, it was for the reason that it allegedly violated Section 154 of U.P. Zamindari Abolition and Land Reforms Act, 1950 and there were inconsistencies in the witness testimony.

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