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As per case facts, a registered Relinquishment Deed made the plaintiff the absolute owner of the suit property. The defendants claimed an oral understanding for reconstruction and produced unregistered sale
...documents, including a Will, after the Relinquishment Deed, arguing these transferred rights to them. The plaintiff's LRs contested these documents, asserting the plaintiff's ownership. The Trial Court decreed the suit for possession in favor of the plaintiff's LRs. The appeal challenged this, arguing the Will was undisputed and the Relinquishment Deed was for a specific purpose that failed. The question arose whether unregistered documents and an unproven Will could supersede a registered Relinquishment Deed and if proper proof for the Will was provided. Finally, the Court dismissed the appeal, holding that a registered Relinquishment Deed establishes a better legal title. Unregistered sale documents and an unproven Will, not properly executed or proved as per legal requirements, cannot convey title or override a valid registered instrument. The burden of proving the Will's execution and validity rests on its propounder, which the appellants failed to do.
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