In Brief
This landmark judgment consolidated 109 civil appeals involving the right to register property transfers under the Registration Act, 1908, Section 22A. Appellants challenged restrictions preventing registration of properties listed by the State as prohibited. The Supreme Court remitted the matter to the High Court for final determination of Section 22A's constitutional validity while treating all provisional registrations granted by the Court as conditional and temporary. The judgment clarified that property restriction lists must be made accessible to rural communities through Sub-Registrar offices, not just websites, and established procedural safeguards for authorities issuing such lists. The Court emphasized that provisional registration creates no additional rights and reaffirmed parties' right to seek deletion from restriction lists through prescribed redressal mechanisms.
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