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JITENDRA JAIN
Mahesh Padmakar Jagtap – Appellant
Versus
Ld. Joint District Registrar Class I and Collector of Stamps – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
Jitendra Jain, J.
1. This petition is filed challenging original order dated 22nd December 2010 and appeal order dated 2nd May 2014 whereby an application for refund of stamp duty of Rs. 95,100/- paid by petitioner, pursuant to the Agreement to Sale executed on 11th June 2009, is rejected on the ground that the refund application has not been made within the time limit provided under Section 48 of the Bombay Stamp Act, 1958 (now The Maharashtra Stamp Act).
2. On 11th June 2009, petitioner and one Mr. Jagtap and Ors. executed an Agreement to Sale for purchase of flat by petitioner for a total consideration of Rs. 18,50,000/-. Petitioner paid stamp duty of Rs. 95,100/- on the said agreement to sale and the same was also registered with the concerned authority. However, on 15th March 2010, the parties decided to cancel the agreement on various grounds namely on account of disputes between the parties and petitioner not being able to arrange the finance for the payment of balance consideration. The said cancellation deed was also registered on 15th March 2010. On 26th April 2010, petitioner made an application for refund of Rs. 95,100/- being stamp duty paid on execution of agr
The application for refund of stamp duty was timely under both the original and amended provisions of Section 48(1) of the Bombay Stamp Act, 1958.
Refund of stamp duty is permissible under the Maharashtra Stamps Act when the transaction fails, and the application for refund must be made within the prescribed period.
Refund of Stamp Duty – Denying a legitimate refund solely on technical grounds of limitation, fails to strike equitable balance ordinarily expected in fiscal or quasi-judicial determinations.
The court established that the right to claim a refund of stamp duty is not extinguished by the expiration of the statutory limitation period, emphasizing the need for a merits-based evaluation.
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The right to claim a refund of stamp duty is governed by statutory provisions, and failure to comply with the prescribed limitation period without sufficient justification precludes the possibility o....
when a stamp paper gets spoiled on account of “refusal of any person to act under the same, or if the purpose behind it totally fails of the intended one, then the period of limitation to seek refund....
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