Insufficiently Stamped Document Admissible Only After Deficiency and Penalty Paid; Plaintiff Cannot Invoke Section 36 Benefit Due to Unresolved Objection: Supreme Court
In a significant ruling, the Supreme Court of India, with a bench comprising Justice Vikram Nath and Justice Prasanna B. Varale, held that an insufficiently stamped document cannot be admitted into evidence unless the deficiency in stamp duty and any applicable penalty are paid in full. The Court also ruled that the plaintiff in the
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