Under Section 53A of the Transfer of Property Act, 1882, the 'Doctrine of Part Performance' is…

Under Section 53A of the Transfer of Property Act, 1882, the doctrine of part performance applies only where a person contracts to transfer for consideration any immovable property by writing signed by him or on his behalf from which the terms necessary to constitute the transfer can be ascertained with reasonable certainty (and registered as required by Section 17(1A) of the Registration Act, 1908). An oral agreement cannot found a defence of part performance under Section 53A.