Supreme Court of India

Life Insurance Corporation of India v. The State of Rajasthan and Ors.

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Reported as [2024] 5 S.C.R. 241
Bench Pamidighantam Sri Narasimha and Aravind Kumar JJ.
Decided 30 April 2024

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What the Court ordered

We hold that for the execution of insurance policies within the state of Rajasthan, the appellant is bound to purchase India Insurance Stamps and pay the stamp duty to the state of Rajasthan.

Judgment, page 29

From the headnote

Issue for Consideration Whether the Rajasthan Stamp Law (Adaptation) Act, 1952 or the Rajasthan Stamp Act, 1998 applies to the facts of the present case; whether the state government has the legislative competence to impose and collect stamp duty on policies of insurance as per Entry 91 of List I r/w Entry 44 of List III; whether the 1952 Act requires the purchase of insurance stamps from and payment of stamp duty to the Rajasthan government for insurance policies issued within the state; whether, in the facts of the present case, the appellant is liable to pay stamp duty. Headnotes Rajasthan

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