Under the Transfer of Property Act, 1882, a gift is generally irrevocable unless it carries a valid, agreed contingency for revocation under Section 126. Recent Supreme Court rulings confirm that if a gift deed is absolute and doesn’t include a revocation clause, the donor (the person gifting) cannot cancel it on their own. However, heirs often mistakenly assume that once a gift is registered, the parents have signed away their rights forever, which isn’t the case.
