The Economic Times

Will registration at Rs 100 in Maharashtra: Why homeowners in cooperative societies, senior citizens should not delay estate planning

A Will has always been optionally registrable under Section 18 of the Registration Act, 1908, and registration is not mandatory for validity. What Maharashtra has now done, by extending its One District One Registration framework to testamentary instruments, is two-fold: it has decoupled the act of registration from territorial jurisdiction, and reaffirmed the nominal Rs 100 fee with no statutory deadline for presenting the will.