This Connect provides a brief overview of the judgement of the Supreme Court in the K. Gopi V. The Sub-Registrar & Ors., case wherein it struck down Rule 55(A)(i) of the Tamil Nadu Registration Rules, 1949 as it is ultra vires the Registration Act, 1908 and reiterated that registering authority cannot adjudicate on the seller’s title to execute the transfer and refuse registration on the same ground.