Ramesh Bansilal Bedmutha v. the Ld Sub Registrar Class II Ulhasnagar I
Case brief
What is this about?
Bombay High Court, Writ Petition No. 14808 of 2025, Coram N. J. Jamadar J., decided 19 November 2025. Challenge to order dated 10 February 2025 of Sub-Registrar, Ulhasnagar-1 refusing to register a document. Held: such refusal (other than denial of execution) is appealable under Section 72 of the Registration Act, 1908; petition disposed with liberty to appeal to the Registrar; protective direction under Section 14 of the Limitation Act for time spent prosecuting the petition. Alternative remedy; maintainability; registration refusal appeal.
What did the court decide?
Liberty to the Petitioner to prefer an Appeal under Section 72 of the Registration Act, 1908 before the Registrar; in the event the appeal is filed and the question of limitation arises, time spent prosecuting this petition may be accounted for under Section 14 of the Limitation Act.