Supreme Court Clarifies Stamp Act Applicability on Agreements to Sell: Vijay vs. Union of India (2023) LEGAL ISSUE: Applicability of Section 35 of the Indian Stamp Act, 1899 on unstamped agreements to sell executed before the 1989 amendment and admissibility of secondary evidence for such documents. CASE TYPE: Civil Law, Property Law, Stamp Duty Case […]
Supreme Court Upholds Title Based on Registered Sale Deed: Appaiya vs. Andimuthu (2023) LEGAL ISSUE: Whether a certified copy of a registered sale deed can be admitted as evidence to prove the contents of the original document, and whether the High Court can overturn concurrent findings of fact by lower courts in a second appeal.
Supreme Court Allows Secondary Evidence for Will: Jagmail Singh vs. Karamjit Singh (2020) Date of the Judgment: 13 May 2020 Citation: [2020] INSC 436 Judges: Justice Navin Sinha and Justice Krishna Murari Can a party submit secondary evidence of a Will if the original is lost or with a third party? The Supreme Court of
