PRANAYA VERMA
Bherulal – Appellant
Versus
Bhanwarlal – Respondent
ORDER
1. This petition under Article 227 of the Constitution of India has been preferred by the plaintiff/petitioner against the order dated 16.2.2024 (Annexure P/1) recorded in paragraph No.8 of deposition of DW/1, Bhanwarlal whereby his objection to the admissibility of document dated 1.12.1997 on the ground of the same being deficiently stamped and being unregistered has been rejected.
2. The plaintiff has instituted an action against defendants for declaration of title, possession and permanent injunction with respect to the suit lands. Defendant No.1 has contested the plaintiff's claim by filing his written statement. Upon pleading of the parties, issues were framed by the trial Court and thereafter the case was fixed for recording of plaintiff's evidence.
3. The examination of plaintiff as PW/1 was then conducted. During his cross-examination, he was confronted under Order XIII Rule 3 (a) of the CPC with a document dated 1.12.1997 which he denied. The said document was marked as Exhibit D/10 by the trial Court.
4. Upon closure of plaintiff's evidence, the case was fixed for defendants' evidence after which defendant No.1 was examined as DW/1. During his examination, he sought to
The admissibility of documents in civil proceedings must be determined judicially, particularly concerning compliance with stamp duty requirements under the Indian Stamp Act.
The admissibility of a document in court is contingent upon its registration, regardless of the payment of stamp duty.
The main legal point established in the judgment is that the proviso to Section 49 of the Registration Act, 1908, allowing unregistered documents to be admitted as evidence, is limited to specific pe....
Insufficiently stamped documents are inadmissible in evidence for any purpose unless stamp duty is paid.
The court clarified that an unstamped document marked as evidence must be impounded and assessed for stamp duty prior to its admissibility in court.
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