Merchant Shipping
Act, 1894, or under Act, 19 of 1838, or the India Registration
of Ships Act, 1841, as amended by subsequent Acts ... inadmissible and not void. Non-stamping or improper stamping
does not result in the instrument becoming invalid. The Stamp Act does not
render such
enforceable, if the
underlying contract was not stamped as per the relevant Stamp Act ; and,
whether allegations of fraudulent invocation of the bank guarantee furnished ... stamped, or inadequately stamped, it is mandated by law to impound
the instrument, and deal with it in accordance with provisions of the
Stamp Act
directed to have the
substantive contract stamped in accordance
with the provisions of the relevant Stamp Act ,
so that the rights and obligations emanating
from ... document is found to be not duly
stamped, Section 35 of the Stamp Act bars the
said document being acted upon. Consequently,
even the arbitration
flats etc., and determined
the stamp duty and penalty under s. 40 of the Stamp Act,
1899.
On a reference to the High Court ... competent to the Assistant
Superintendent of Stamps, under section 40 of
the Indian Stamp Act, 1899 (now section 39 of
the Bombay Stamp Act
times penalty by
the Collector of Stamps under Section 40 of the Indian
Stamp Act, 1899 was validly imposed or not.
13. The Collector ... heavy stamp duty on such transaction.
Therefore, the Collector of Stamp has rightly
imposed 10 times penalty which is maximum under
the Act.
In view
agreements only one agreement
was stamped and the other two were not stamped as required under the
Maharashtra Stamp Act, 1958 (hereinafter referred ... stamp duty. Undisputedly, the work order is chargeable to
payment of stamp duty under Item 63 of the First Schedule to
the Maharashtra Stamp Act
ground that it
is not duly stamped except as provided under section
61 of the Stamp Act. In the present case, the
instrument in question ... this document as admissible without resolving the
stamp duty deficiency, overlooked the statutory
mandate under the Stamp Act . As the document is
foundational
respect of
any class of societies-
(a) the stamp duty chargeable under the Kerala Stamp Act, 1959 (17 of
1959), in respect of any instrument ... Kerala Act, 1969, notwithstanding the repeal of the
Travancore Act, 1951 and the Madras Act, 1932, all notifications under
the repealed Acts shall be deemed
Property Act 1882 (` TP Act ' for short) and
section 17 and section 49 of the Registration Act, 1908 (` Registration Act '
for short); that ... document is found to be not duly stamped, Section 35 of Stamp
Act bars the said document being acted upon. Consequently, even the
arbitration clause
document is found to be not duly stamped,
Section 35 of the Stamp Act bars the said document
being acted upon. Consequently, even the arbitration ... Indian Contract Act, 1872
[“ Contract Act ”] read as under:
“2. Interpretation clause.—In this Act the following
words and expressions are used in the following
