Supreme Court of India

Gangappa and Anr. v. Fakkirappa

Neutral citation
Reported as [2018] 13 S.C.R. 603
Bench Ashok Bhushan and Ajay Rastogi JJ.
Decided 14 December 2018

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From the headnote

Karnataka Stamp Act,1957 – ss.33, 34 and 38 – Appellants - plaintiffs entered into agreements to sell with respondent-de fendant – Appellants filed suits for specific performance o f contract – Principal Civil Judge impounded agreements to sell filed by the plaintiffs in the suits with direction to the plaint iff to pay deficit duty and penalty – Agreements to sell in question were admitt ed in evidence on payment of deficit duty and penalty which wa s double the deficit duty in both the suits – Respondent filed writ petition – High Court directed the court below to levy the penalty at 10 tim

Where later benches applied it

Of those, 2 referred to

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