Motor Vehicle Registration India – Motor Vehicle registration is compulsory under section 39 of Motor Vehicle Act 1988. Though previously, an individual had to apply to the local Transport Office in person and appear along with the Vehicle on an appointed date and time. But now, process has been simplified by the Transport Department by authorizing vehicle dealers to register a Vehicle before making the physical delivery of the same.

Therefore, whatever formalities are to be completed for registration are done before hand by the Vehicle Dealers and saves a lot of effort on behalf of Individual in running around the local authorities for registration of Vehcile. Also, it saves lot of resources for Transport Department also.

But as registration is applicable to a partciluar state only. Therefore, various formalities are to be completed, if the Vehicle is taken to a different state on permanent basis. Firstly, a N.O.C. from the Transport Department of the state in which Vehicle is already registered is required to be obtained by the Vehicle owner. Therefore, owner can apply in the prescribed format with the Transport Deaprtment of other state along with all the nexessary documents such as address proof, insurance, pollution under control certificate, challan clearance, fitness certificate, road tax, etc.

Immovable Property Registration India – Registration Act, 1908 provides for the compulsory registration of documents related to sale and purchase of Immovable property, i.e. documents pertaining to registration of ownership changes and transactions involving immovable property. This guarantees a legal ownership title to the real owner, thereby reducing risk of fraud and helps solve disputes easily, in addition to creating and maintaining an up-to-date public record.

Section 17 of Registration Act, 1908 provides for documents of which registration is compulsory:
(a) instruments of gift of immovable property;

(b) other non-testamentary instruments which purport or operate to create, declare, assign, limit or extinguish, whether in present or in future, any right, title or interest, whether vested or contingent, of the value of one hundred rupees, and upwards, to or in immovable property;

(c) non-testamentary instruments which acknowledge the receipt or payment of any consideration on account of the creation, declaration, assignment, limitation or extinction of any such right, title or interest; and

(d) leases of immovable property from year to year, or for any term exceeding one year, or reserving a yearly rent;

The documents are compulsorily required to be registered within four months from the date of sale, it helps conservation of evidence, assurance of title, publicity of documents & prevention of fraud. The payment of proper Stamp duty on instruments bestows legality on them. Such instruments get evidentiary value & are admitted as evidence in Court.

From August 2011, the local residents of Gurgaon would be able to get online appointment with local authorities for property registration matters.