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Delhi HC: Sisters Giving up Property Rights to Brother not Considered a 'Gift' Under Stamp Act(09.10.2025)

Delhi High Court has ruled that when sisters, being co-owners, relinquish their property rights in favour of their brother, who is also a co-owner, th.....

Tags : Gift, Stamp Act, Property Rights

Delhi High Court Lays Down Registry Directions for Dealing with Insufficiently Stamped Arbitral Award(03.09.2026)

Delhi High Court held that an insufficiently stamped arbitral award must be impounded under the Indian Stamp Act, and belated payment of the stamp-dut.....

Tags : Arbitral Awards; Indian Stamp Act; Directions

SC: 'Ten Times Penalty' Prescribed for Deficit Stamp Duty Cannot be Mechanically Imposed(18.09.2020)

Supreme Court has observed that the penalty of ten times prescribed under Section 40(1) (b) of the Indian Stamp Act, 1899 cannot be mechanically impos.....

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Judgments

Transactions valued below minimum circle rate to be registered(23.12.2015)

The Delhi High Court disposed of petitions against a government order purporting to take away the Registering Officer’s discretion to register propert.....

Tags : Stamp act, minimum circle value, transaction value

Finance Ministry Defers Enforcement of Amendments to Indian Stamp Act Till 1st July(31.03.2020)

Finance Ministry has deferred the date for enforcement of the amendments to the Indian Stamp Act, 1899, as proposed under Part I, Chapter IV of the Fi.....

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Supreme Court: Procedure to Admit Insufficiently Stamped Instruments Explained(04.09.2024)

Supreme Court by extracting the steps to be followed as per Sections 33, 34, 35, 37, and 39 of the Karnataka Stamp Act, 1957, has explained the proced.....

Tags : Supreme Court, Karnataka Stamp Act, Insufficiently Stamped Instruments