Stamp Act, 1899, Section 33 -- Impounding of document - Unless and until document is produced on record before any Court/Tribunal, there is no question of impounding the same...........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 13, Rule 3 -- De-exhibiting a document - Unregistered sale deed executed on insufficient stamp paper - Document admitted in evidence initially - Un-registered sale deed not executed on sufficient stamp paper is hit by Ss.35, 36 of Stamp Act and S.17 of Registration Act is liable to be rejected U.O.13.R.3 CPC...........
Stamp Act, 1899, Section 35 -- Stamp duty - Agreement to sell - Suit for specific performance - Document that is required to be registered and which contains a recital of delivery of possession, would also require to be stamped as per provisions of the Act - Order of trial Court in impounding agreement to sell and directing plaintiff to pay deficient stamp duty on..........
Family Settlement -- Receiving consideration by one party by stating to have no claim, right, title and interest over the property in question - Such a document is compulsorily registrable with appropriate stamp duty etc...........
Family settlement -- Oral partition and thereafter putting it into writing for the purpose of information - Does not require to be compulsorily registered and stamp duty is not required to be compulsorily paid in respect of the same...........
Stamp Act, 1899, Section 18, 3 -- Validation of GPA - Limitation period - GPA presented for validation after expiry of time given in S.18 of the Act - Document was executed at Canada was not stamped with Indian non-judicial stamp - Petitioner was unable to produce documents within prescribed time due to Government imposed lockdown during COVID-19 pandemic - However, in..........
Stamp Act, 1899, Section 35 -- Insufficiently stamped instrument - Court to impound the same - Instrument not duly stamped is inadmissible in evidence for any purpose until the payment of duty with which the same is chargeable...........
Agreement to sell -- Proof - Agreement to sell proved by plaintiff and an attesting witness - Mere non-examination of stamp vendor and deed writer has not resulted in failure to prove agreement...........
Stamp Act, 1899, Section 47A -- (as amended in State of A.P) - Stamp duty - Agreement to sell - Where agreement to sell evidences delivery of possession even prior to execution of agreement of sale, said document would have to be treated as a sale falling within ambit of Art.47-A of Schedule 1-A of the Act...........
Stamp Act, 1899, Article 55 -- Deficient stamp duty - Release deed - Petitioner had undefined joint ownership right in property that became the subject matter of deed in question - Other joint owner in the property by said deed released her rights in favour of petitioner in that property - Deed in question is thus, release deed, which would remain subject to assessment and..........
