HC hits out at sub-registrars for misinterpreting court directives

THE Madras High Court hit out at sub-registrars for issuing refusal slips for registration of sale deed in violation of various court judgments by misinterpreting them as rules applicable only to the respective cases.

- C SHIVAKUMAR

The court recently directed the inspector general of the registration department to issue a circular listing out the law as declared by the courts.

Hearing a petition which challenged the instance where Rasipuram sub-regisrar refused to register a sale deed, Judge N Satish Kumar said despite the law declared by this court in various cases, it was brought to notice that sub-registrars claim court judgments apply only to facts of that particular case and they were not bound by the judgement.