Supreme Court of India
Hariom Agrawal v. Prakash Chand Mal Viya
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What the Court ordered
For the reasons stated above, the appeal fails and is dismissed.
Judgment, page 13
From the headnote
J, Stamp Act, 1899-ss. 2(14), 33, 35, 37 and 48B-lmpoundingof c document-In a suit photocopy of a document accepted in secondary evidence-On the ground that original was lost-Original document bearing the stamp of sufficient amount, but of improper description- Order of admission of the document insecondary evidence set aside- Order for impounding the document-Correctness of-Held : Impounding of a document can be done only when the document is an instrument within meaning of s. 2(14) i.e. original document- Photocopy of a document cannot be impounded-It also cannot be -t---- accepted as
Where later benches applied it
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- 2023 In Re: Interplay Between Arbitration Agreements Under the Arbitration and Conciliation Act 1996 and the Indian Stamp Act 1899 v..
Of those, 2 referred to · 1 mentioned
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