Month: August 2017
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Delhi High Court on the law of irrevocable power of attorney(s) and ‘agency coupled with interest’ in the context of GPA/Agreement to Sell transactions.
Case Note on : Vimla Devi v. Pushpa Devi and Anr- 2017 SCC OnLine Del 8694 In this case, Hon’ble High Court of Delhi had the occasion of examining the above question. The facts of the case lie in a very narrow conspectus: Plaintiff’s case Conventional (purported) sale documents The Plaintiff/Appellant claimed that she was the…
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How to prepare for judicial services exams? A few thoughts.
This was first published at Rahulsiasblog.com and is being republished. This is a guest post by our alumnus Mr. Bharat Chugh. Bharat was with Rahul’s IAS and did coaching in the final year of college. Thereafter, he practiced law for sometime, before going-on to secure first rank in the prestigious Delhi Judicial Service Examination in 2013,…
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Stamping of insufficiently stamped documents and procedure of impounding by Court
Stamping of agreements/deeds is governed by the Indian Stamp Act, 1899 (“the Stamp Act”). If the document is not sufficiently stamped, then by virtue of Section 35 of the Stamp Act there is a bar on ‘admitting’ such a document in evidence or acting upon it. Section 36 of the Stamp Act tells us that…
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