#relinquishment deed

Karnataka High Court rules that Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) cannot evade issuing Transferable Development Rights (TDR) certificates to landowners who executed relinquishment deeds in 2012, citing estoppel and the right to property under Article 300A. The judgment underscores that public authorities cannot raise fraud claims after an unreasonable delay, setting a precedent for land acquisition disputes involving TDR schemes.

The Himachal Pradesh High Court ruled that a karta of a Hindu Undivided Family cannot unilaterally execute a relinquishment deed in favor of one coparcener without the consent of all coparceners or legal necessity. The deed was declared void ab initio, reinforcing that registration does not validate substantive legal defects in ancestral property alienation.

The Karnataka High Court ruled that a developer who voluntarily surrendered land for a master plan road in exchange for additional Floor Area Ratio (FAR) cannot later challenge the relinquishment deed. The court applied the doctrine of approbate and reprobate, holding that accepting benefits estops the developer from adopting inconsistent positions, ensuring legal consistency in urban planning agreements.

Andhra Pradesh High Court holds that a life estate holder with no power of alienation cannot validly execute a relinquishment deed overriding vested rights of heirs under a settlement deed.