The Karnataka High Court has allowed the Union’s writ appeal over 3 acres 12 guntas at Sonnappanahalli near the Air Force Station, Yelahanka, holding that the Military Land Register is conclusive proof of Defence title and that a private buyer through a court-executed sale deed acquired no better title, and has restored the revenue orders in favour of the Defence Department.
The Supreme Court ruled that gifts under Mohammedan law do not need to be registered to be valid. It stated that an unregistered gift deed is valid as long as the basic conditions of a gift are fulfilled. This decision upholds the unique rules of Mohammedan law regarding gifts. The court emphasized the value of traditional practices over formal paperwork.
