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45.The learned counsel for the respondents/plaintiffs submits that the defence that the documents were signed in blank cannot be countenanced in as much as neither in the written submission nor in the deposition, the appellant/defendant has stated that he has signed the papers in blank.

46.The learned counsel further submitted that the fact that the stamp papers bear the name of the appellant/defendant itself shows that the documents were indeed signed on the respective dates and on the date of their execution and not subsequently by backdating the agreement as was alleged.