Supreme Court · 2023 INSC 1030 · Decided 29 November 2023
Vijay v. Union of India & ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2023 INSC 1030 · [2023] 15 S.C.R. 293
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 4910/2023
- Decided
- 29 November 2023
- Bench
- ABHAY S. OKA, SANJAY KAROL (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Evidence Act Section 61, 63, 65(a), 65; Constitution; Stamp Act Section 35, 2(6)
Headnote
HEADNOTES Issue for consideration: Whether the bar of admissibility created by s.35, Stamp Act 1899 applies to the agreement(s) to sell dtd. 04.02.1988 executed by the parties; can a copy of a document be adduced as secondary evidence when the original instrument is not in possession of the party; facts of the present case, would the decision of this Court in Jupadi Kesava Rao v. Pulavarthi Venkata Subha Rao be binding as held by both the Courts below? Stamp Act, 1899 - s.35 - Applicability - Article 23 of Schedule 1A of the Stamp Act - "conveyance"
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