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04EXECUTION OF CONTRACTS IN LOCKDOWN SITUATION – Electronic Contracts[i]   In times of an emergency situation like a pandemic and the subsequent lockdown that may follow it, the execution of contracts for a commercial transaction in the traditional way of...

03VALIDITY OF STAMP PAPER[1]   The Hon’ble Supreme Court of India in Thiruvengada Pillai Vs. Navaneethammal & Anr., 2008 held that a stamp paper can be used validly even if it is more than six months old. The Supreme Court upheld the decision of the High...

02STAMP DUTY UPDATES (AFFECTING SECURITY CREATION TRANSACTIONS) IN THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA Amendment to Section 5 of the Maharashtra Stamp Act, 1958: The judgment pronounced by the Hon’ble Supreme Court of India in the matter of CCRA vs. Coastal Gujarat Power...

01EXECUTION OF CONTRACTS IN LOCKDOWN SITUATION – Measures taken by the Govt. of Maharashtra   The Inspector General of Registration (IGR), Maharashtra realizes that payment of stamp duty by e-challan or availability of stamp papers of lower amounts has been...