Tag: Classification of Land

  • Section 22-A of Registration Act, 1908

    Section 22-A of Registration Act, 1908

    Empowers Government to Refuse Registration of Unapproved Plots The Background Section 17 of the Registration Act, 1908, deals with the Compulsory Registration of properties. In later sections of the Act, the grounds on which the Registration could be refused were detailed.However, till recently, Unapproved Plots couldn’t be refused registration on any grounds. The Madras High Court…

  • Ban on Registration of Unapproved Plots and Layouts

    Ban on Registration of Unapproved Plots and Layouts

    The Madras High Court Lifts the Ban with Some Riders! The Background Updates on Regularisation of Unapproved Plots It all started with a PIL by an Activist-Advocate Elephant G Rajendran, which sought to curb indiscriminate conversion of agricultural land into residential plots and the registration of such unapproved plots.The Case was filed in The Madras…