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Stamp Duty and Mergers and Amalgamations: An Overview

Corporate Law : Learn about the stamp duty applicable to mergers, amalgamations, and transfers of immovable property under the Indian Stamp Act 18...

December 28, 2024 2076 Views 1 comment Print

Stamp Duty in India: Types, e-Stamp Papers and Compliance

Corporate Law : Explore the importance of stamp duty in legal agreements and transactions across India. Learn about e-Stamp Papers, rates, and ven...

June 23, 2024 3333 Views 0 comment Print

Equitable Mortgage- Payment of stamp duty in New Delhi and Mumbai

Corporate Law : Understand the nuances of equitable mortgage stamp duty in New Delhi and Mumbai. Learn about regulations, exemptions, and implicat...

May 13, 2024 2748 Views 0 comment Print

Stamp Duty on Gift of Shares

Corporate Law : Learn about stamp duty on gift of shares under the Companies Act 2013. Discover legal interpretations, rules, and exemptions appli...

April 5, 2024 28422 Views 3 comments Print

Stamp Duty on Transfer of Shares under Indian Stamp Act, 1899

Finance : Explore the significance of uniform stamp duty on share transfers in India. Learn about rates, regulations, and implications for b...

March 4, 2024 24027 Views 2 comments Print


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Stamp Duty Rate Changes in Maharashtra from 14.10.2024

Corporate Law : Maharashtra's new ordinance raises stamp duties, setting minimum rates at Rs 500 and increasing charges on key documents like Arti...

October 14, 2024 20109 Views 0 comment Print

Extend time limit for registering property documents in Maharashtra

Corporate Law : Yourself was kind enough in giving concessions up to 30.04.2021, for registration of docs, on which stamp duty is paid on or befor...

April 26, 2021 2565 Views 0 comment Print

Maharashtra budget 2021- Concession in Stamp Duty to Women

Goods and Services Tax : Concession in Stamp Duty by 1 percent over the prevailing rate exclusively to Women, provided the transfer of house property or re...

March 11, 2021 2412 Views 0 comment Print

Stamp duty Act Amendments & FY Year Extension Rumor

Corporate Law : Government broadens pertinence of stamp duty by 3 months from 1st April 2020 to 1st July 2020 The administration has not broadened...

April 2, 2020 570 Views 0 comment Print

E-stamping the easy and cost-effective way to pay stamp duty

Finance : Paying stamp duty while purchasing or transferring a property is often a long-drawn process. You need to go to the registrar's off...

October 7, 2010 3088 Views 0 comment Print


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Stamp Duty Exemption on Affidavits: Bombay HC Directs Implementation

Corporate Law : Bombay HC directs Maharashtra Govt. to enforce stamp duty exemption on affidavits and create awareness as per 2004 notification....

November 8, 2024 2901 Views 1 comment Print

Stamp duty value on date of agreement to be considered when date of agreement and registration is different

Income Tax : ITAT Kolkata held that when date of agreement and date of registration are not same, then, stamp duty value on the date of agreeme...

October 25, 2024 1842 Views 0 comment Print

Adoption of Stamp Duty Authority’s value without referring to valuation officer unjustified

Income Tax : ITAT Mumbai held that adoption of value of land as determined by the Stamp Duty Authority without referring the valuation to Valua...

September 27, 2024 744 Views 0 comment Print

Refund of Stamp Duty on cancelled agreements: Doctrine of Unjust Enrichment

Corporate Law : Bombay HC allows refund of ₹78.65 lakhs in stamp duty, despite delay in filing. Court prioritizes substantive justice over techn...

September 6, 2024 1116 Views 0 comment Print

Land purchased as agricultural land cannot be treated as non-agricultural as not declared as abadi land

Corporate Law : Held that the land in question was purchased as an agricultural land and at the time of survey, it was also not in dispute that th...

August 27, 2024 1143 Views 0 comment Print


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Stamp Duty Rate Changes in Maharashtra from 14.10.2024

Corporate Law : Maharashtra's new ordinance raises stamp duties, setting minimum rates at Rs 500 and increasing charges on key documents like Arti...

October 14, 2024 20109 Views 0 comment Print

Maharashtra Stamp Duty Amnesty Scheme-2023

Corporate Law : Introduction: The Revenue and Forests Department of Maharashtra has introduced the Maharashtra Stamp Duty Amnesty Scheme-2023 to r...

December 7, 2023 19824 Views 1 comment Print

Amendment in Scheme of Exemption & reimbursement of Stamp Duty

Corporate Law : The enterprises making new investment or investment for expansion under the scheme, as the case may be, for reimbursement of 25% o...

May 12, 2022 7749 Views 0 comment Print

Delhi Govt extends relaxation of 20% in minimum Circle rates till 30.06.2022

Corporate Law : Delhi Govt notifies the extension of relaxation of 20% in the minimum rates (Circle rates) till 30.06.2022 for valuation of lands ...

December 30, 2021 7956 Views 0 comment Print

1% lesser stamp duty for property purchased by Women in Maharashtra

Corporate Law : Government of Maharashtra reduces the stamp duty by 1% on Agreement to Sell / Conveyance of residential property executed in favou...

March 31, 2021 15702 Views 6 comments Print


Amendment in Scheme of Exemption & reimbursement of Stamp Duty

May 12, 2022 7749 Views 0 comment Print

The enterprises making new investment or investment for expansion under the scheme, as the case may be, for reimbursement of 25% of Stamp Duty, shall submit a duly completed application in Form-S, appended to the Scheme, to the Member Secretary of the appropriate Screening Committee within 90 days of the commencement of commercial production.

Stamp duty has to be independently paid for a Power of Attorney executed along with a deed assigning debt: SC

May 8, 2022 3612 Views 1 comment Print

Asset Reconstruction Co. (India) Ltd. Vs Chief Controlling Revenue Authority (Supreme Court of India) The High Court overlooked the fact that there was no independent instrument of PoA and that in any case, the power of sale of a secured asset flowed out of the provisions of the Securitisation Act, 2002 and not out of […]

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

April 3, 2022 26976 Views 0 comment Print

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 […]

Delhi Govt extends relaxation of 20% in minimum Circle rates till 30.06.2022

December 30, 2021 7956 Views 0 comment Print

Delhi Govt notifies the extension of relaxation of 20% in the minimum rates (Circle rates) till 30.06.2022 for valuation of lands and immovable properties in Delhi under rule 4 of the Delhi Stamp (Prevention of Under-Valuation of Instruments) Rules, 2007 for the purpose of payment of Stamp duty under Indian Stamp Act, as applicable to Delhi […]

Adjudication in case of Stamp duty not paid on Share Certificate in Mumbai, Maharashtra

December 21, 2021 14049 Views 2 comments Print

A company (Private as well as Public) is required to issue Share Certificates to it subscribers to memorandum in case of incorporation and to its shareholders in case of further allotment of shares within the given time line. However, there are many instances where a company fails to pay stamp duty within the given time line and faces difficulty to prove its authenticity this where the process of adjudication comes into the picture.

Stamp Duty Valuation Complimented with Delhi Govt Circle Rate Notification In Force As on Date

December 20, 2021 3342 Views 0 comment Print

Stamp Duty Valuation Complimented with Delhi Govt Circle Rate Notification In Force As on Date 1. Delhi Govt Vide No. F. 1(2854)/Regn.Br./Div.Comm./HQ/2020/5453 dated 26th February 2021; notified revised circle rates for registration of instruments relating to lands and immovable properties in Delhi by all the Registering Authorities under the provisions of the Indian Stamp Act, […]

FAQs on Indian Stamp Act, 1899 Amendments & Rules

December 18, 2021 12030 Views 0 comment Print

Q.1 Why amendments in the Indian Stamp Act, 1899 have been made? Answer: The amendments have been carried out with respect to securities market transactions. The present system of collection of stamp duty on securities market transactions has led to multiple rates for the same instrument, resulting in jurisdictional disputes and multiple incidences of duty, […]

Advocates’ Welfare Fund – Is there a need to have a true self-adhesive (self-sticking) stamp in Delhi?

November 8, 2021 1704 Views 0 comment Print

The Delhi’s culture of litigation has one thing common for the learned advocates to have experienced regularly, and yes, for the others too, including the court clerks, and that is the Advocates’ Welfare Fund stamp, which is being pasted on the Vakalatnama for its admissibility in the court of law.

Stamp Duty refund cannot be denied for delay in Application due to Judicial Proceedings

September 24, 2021 8166 Views 0 comment Print

Since the delay in filling the application for refund in the instant case was due to the prolonged proceedings before the NCDRC, the application cannot be rejected on the ground of delay. A litigant has no control over judicial delays. A rejection of the application for refund would violate equity, justice and fairness where the applicant is made to suffer the brunt of judicial delay.

Taxability where Stamp Duty Value higher than Sale Consideration

June 26, 2021 169116 Views 4 comments Print

Income Tax Act has broadly defined taxability of income under five heads of Income. One of them is Capital Gain, where gains arising out of the sale of capital assets are taxable in the hands of the seller of the capital asset. However, with the intention of tax evasion, assesses started entering into an agreement […]

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