Supreme Court · 2017 INSC 1266 · Decided 17 February 2017
Black Pearl Hotels (Pvt) LTD. v. M/S Planet M Retail LTD.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2017 INSC 1266 · [2017] 2 S.C.R. 50
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 2973/2017
- Decided
- 17 February 2017
- Bench
- DIPAK MISRA, R. BANUMATHI, MOHAN M. SHANTANAGOUDAR (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Arbitration Act Section 11; Stamp Act Section 33(2)
Headnote
Karnataka Stamp Act, 1957: s. 33(2) Proviso (b) - Scope of - In petition u!s. 11 of Arbitration and Conciliation Act,1996, the Judge of High Court referred the matter to the Registrar - To examine the nature and character of the instrument and then the instrument was duly stamped - Propriety of - Held: Proviso (b) to Sub-section (2) of s. 33 empowers the Judge of High Court only to examine the instrument for the purpose of determining as to whether the instrument is duly stamped or not and for impounding the same - The provision does not
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