Karnataka Stamp Act, 1957

The Intercontinental Hotels Group (India) and its associate entered into a Hotel Management Agreement (HMA) with Waterline Hotels, which required the latter to pay incentive fees for renovations. Waterline Hotels failed to pay and later terminated the HMA, prompting the petitioners to invoke the arbitration clause and …

Black Pearl Hotels (Pvt) Ltd. entered into a "conducting agreement" with M/s Planet M Retail Ltd. and later sought arbitration under the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996. The High Court Judge, invoking s.33(2)(b) of the Karnataka Stamp Act, 1957, referred the matter to the Registrar to determine whether the instr…

The appellants entered into agreements to sell and sued for specific performance. The trial court impounded the agreements for insufficient stamp duty and ordered payment of the deficit duty plus a penalty of double the duty, which the appellants accepted. The High Court, relying on Digambar Warty v. District Registrar…

The appellants, a charitable trust, entered into a 38‑year lease deed with the respondents for development of trust land. The lease deeds of 1996 and 1997 were neither registered nor sufficiently stamped under the Karnataka Stamp Act, 1957, and the respondents failed to pay the deficit stamp duty and penalty directed b…

The Supreme Court examined whether the State of Karnataka and its agencies wilfully disobeyed its earlier orders dated 21‑11‑2014, 17‑05‑2022 and 19‑03‑2024 directing the issuance of Transfer of Development Rights (TDR) for land acquired for road widening. The petitioners alleged that the respondents delayed and altere…

The appellant filed a civil suit challenging a sale deed, while the respondent filed a counter suit. During the respondent's suit, a General Power of Attorney (GPA) that was insufficiently stamped was tendered as evidence; the trial court admitted it and marked it as an exhibit without any objection or judicial determi…

The appellant sought a perpetual injunction claiming possession of agricultural land under an agreement of sale dated 29‑06‑1999, which the respondent contested as insufficiently stamped and therefore inadmissible. The respondent filed an application under Section 33 of the Karnataka Stamp Act, 1957 to impound the agre…