Stamp duty not payable on Oral Family Settlements put in Writing Only for Information

Himani Walia Vs Hemant Walia & Ors (Delhi High Court)

 Delhi High Court held that family settlements are not required to be compulsorily registered, and stamp duty is not required to be compulsorily paid in respect of the same, when the settlement has been arrived at initially as an oral partition and is thereafter put into writing for the purpose of information. Considering the said position, it is clarified that there is no requirement of valuation of the suit properties in the present case. The payment of stamp duty

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