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As per case facts, the plaintiff filed a suit for declaration of ownership of suit land and cancellation of a 1990 sale deed executed by Rajiben in favor of defendant
...No.1. The plaintiff claimed to have purchased the land in 2009 from Valabhai Jadav, asserting that Rajiben had relinquished her right in favor of Valabhai through a 1975 revenue entry based on a family settlement. The lower courts dismissed the suit, finding that Rajiben had executed a valid sale deed in 1990 and Valabhai had no legal title to sell to the plaintiff in 2009. The plaintiff appealed, questioning the mandatory nature of registered deeds for relinquishment and the evidentiary value of revenue entries. The question arose whether revenue entries, purportedly from a family settlement, could transfer title to immovable property without a registered instrument, thus invalidating a subsequent registered sale deed. Finally, the Court affirmed that revenue entries do not create or extinguish title and lack presumptive value. A person cannot transfer property they do not own. Given Rajiben's prior registered sale deed, Valabhai had no title to convey. The second appeal was dismissed, as it presented no substantial question of law.
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