Asliya Umma v. Thingal Mohamed – sllr 1999 volume 2 page 152

In the case between Asliya Umma (and representatives) and Thingal Mohamed (with associated parties), the court addressed the validity of a deed of revocation executed on 9.6.1969, which bore a post-execution altered date of 19.6.1969, and examined whether this alteration and related notarial irregularities under the Notaries Ordinance rendered the deed invalid or affected the subsequent cancellation of the original gift deed and related title transfers. The findings established that the deed had been validly executed and that the procedural shortcomings, including the postdating of the deed by someone in the notary’s office, did not invalidate the transaction. The requirements for execution as per the Notaries Ordinance were deemed substantially complied with, leading to the holding that t