Suit for permanent injunction – Unregistered  agreement  to  sell – Plaintiff cannot get the relief even for permanent injunction on the basis of such an unregistered document/agreement to sell, more particularly when the defendant specifically filed the counter-claim for getting back the possession.

Suit for permanent injunction – Unregistered  agreement  to  sell   – Suit for permanent injunction only on  the  basis  of  an  unregistered  agreement  to  sell  for restraining  the  defendant  from  disturbing  plaintiffs possession in the suit property – Defendant filed a counter-claim seeking the decree of possession – Plaintiff filed a suit simplicitor for permanent injunction only being conscious of the fact that plaintiff might not succeed in getting the relief of specific performance of such agreement to sell as the same was unregistered –  In a given case, an unregistered document can be used and/or considered for collateral purpose –  However, plaintiff cannot get the relief indirectly which otherwise he/she cannot get in a suit for substantive relief, namely, the relief for specific performance –  Therefore, the plaintiff cannot get the relief even for permanent injunction on the basis of such an unregistered document/agreement to sell, more particularly when the defendant specifically filed the counter-claim for getting back the possession – Specific  Relief  Act,  1963  Section  38. 

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