Do you need a witness for a registered sale deed?
Recently there was a case in the Supreme Court involving Mr. S.A. who owned 15 bighas of land in a village near Haridwar. His ownership was based on a registered sale deed that had just one witness. However, Mr. S.A. had made a significant error in not getting the mutation done in his name, which meant the records still showed the previous owner’s name.
Fast forward about 30 years, when Mr. S.A. tried to update the mutation records at the government office, the old owner’s family raised objections. To complicate things further, the witness to this sale deed gave inconsistent testimony in court, causing the legal authorities to question the validity of the sale deed itself. When asked where he lived, the witness gave a village name that was different from what was written in the sale deed.
Fast forward about 30 years, when Mr. S.A. tried to update the mutation records at the government office, the old owner’s family raised objections. To complicate things further, the witness to this sale deed gave inconsistent testimony in court, causing the legal authorities to question the validity of the sale deed itself. When asked where he lived, the witness gave a village name that was different from what was written in the sale deed.
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