Supreme Court of India

M/s Dharmaratnakara Rai Bahadur Arcot Narainswamy Mudaliar Chattram & Other Charities & Ors. v. M/s Bhaskar Raju & Brothers & Ors.

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Reported as [2020] 3 S.C.R. 798
Bench S. A. Bobde, B. R. Gavai and Surya Kant JJ.
Decided 14 February 2020

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Karnataka Stamp Act, 1957: ss.33 and 34 – If a lease deed is neither registered nor sufficiently stamped as requ ired under the Act then the court cannot act upon such lease deed or ar bitration clause contained therein – If the instrument is not properly stamped, it should be impounded and dealt with in manner specified in Stamp Act – Arbitration. Equity: Equitable relief, entitlement – Respondents taking s elf- contradictory stand – Held: Not entitled to any relief. Allowing the appeal, the Court HELD: 1. Admittedly, both the lease deeds are neith er registered nor sufficiently stamped as

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