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stamp duty refund despite delayed application

Bombay HC orders refund of stamp duty despite application being filed beyond 5 years limitation period

“Without the deed of cancellation, the petitioner could not have sought refund of the stamp duty, and to deny the refund of the stamp duty to the petitioner was wholly unjustified and inequitable.”

Case Briefs Supreme Court

Maharashtra Stamp Act| Principal document alone chargeable with Stamp Duty in case of transaction with multiple documents: SC

The Court also clarified that to determine the stamp duty that is chargeable upon an instrument, the legal rule is that the real and true meaning of the instrument is to be determined by ascertaining the intention of the parties from the contents and the language employed in the whole instrument

Case Briefs Tribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

MahaRERA unriddles ‘carpet area’ under MOFA & RERA | Apartment booked under Maharashtra Ownership of Flats Act, Can complainants claim refund for variation in area of apartment as sale agreement was executed as per RERA Act?

Maharashtra Real Estate Regulatory Authority, Mumbai (MahaRERA): While focusing on the definition of carpet area in Pre-RERA and Post-RERA, Coram of Ajoy

Case Briefs High Courts

Utt HC | ‘Womanhood’ given consideration while granting bail

Uttaranchal High Court: The Bench of Sudhanshu Dhulia, J. accepted the application seeking bail where the applicant was a woman and had a

Case Briefs High Courts

Tenancy cannot be terminated on the ground of unregistered agreement for sale

Jharkhand High Court: A Single Judge Bench of Rajesh Kumar, J., dismissed a second appeal filed against the order of the trial