Registration Act, 1908 (16 of 1908) Section 17(2)(vi), 17(1)(b) – Family settlement – Parties have admitted that the respondents have a pre-existing right – In such circumstances, the settlement does not require registration – Section 17(2)(vi) would have been applicable if the parties were not members of a single joint family – Section 17(2) of the Registration Act, 1908, is applicable only if Section 17(1)(b) or (c) are applicable – The resolution of disputes through family settlement has been honoured by the courts as a special arrangement in order to resolve the dispute – Sometimes, the court applies the rule of estoppel to honour such settlements and on other occasions, the Courts have been devising other possible ways to uphold such settlements.
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