# Supreme Court: sale deed valid even if full payment is not made 2026-08-08T12:51:51+00:00 | Governance | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 1 independent outlet The Supreme Court has ruled that a registered sale deed remains valid even if the buyer does not pay the full price at the time of execution. A bench of Justices J B Pardiwala and K Vinod Chandran said the transfer of ownership is complete once the deed is signed and registered, provided both parties intended to transfer the property. The court set aside a Bombay High Court order that had cancelled two 1975 sale deeds over unpaid balance of Rs 4,500 each. The seller’s remedy, it held, is to sue for the unpaid amount, not to seek cancellation. In a separate case, the Allahabad High Court has held that a buyer who waited 20 years to deposit the balance cannot enforce the sale deed. ## Coverage - deccanherald.com - livelaw.in Tags: debt recovery, property law, registered document, sale deed, Supreme Court, Transfer of Property Act Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/supreme-court-sale-deed-valid-even-without-full-payment/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/supreme-court-sale-deed-valid-even-without-full-payment/#story-in-brief Review state: restored archive article, accurate at time of publication, not offered to search indexes.