Supreme Court · 1990 INSC 388 · Decided 17 December 1990
Municipal Corporation of Delhi v. Pramod Kumar Gupta
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1990 INSC 388 · [1990] SUPP. 3 S.C.R. 547
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 6081/1990
- Decided
- 17 December 1990
- Bench
- L.M. SHARMA, R.M. SAHAI (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- CPC; Stamp Act Section 2
Headnote
B Delhi Municipal Corporation Act, 1957: Section 147-Levy of duty on transfer of immovable property-Expression 'instrument of sale of immovable property'-Scope of-Word 'instrument'-Whether has the same connotation as under the Indian Stamp Act, 1899. Code of Civil Procedure, 1908: Order XXJ, Rules chargeable to duty under section 147 of the Municipal Corporation Act, 1957 -Object of the sale certificate explained. c Indian Stamp Act, 1899: Section 2 Clause (JO) and ( 14)-'Con- D veyance' and 'instrument'-Meaning of. The respondent purchased the property in question at an auction
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