Law of Registration and Stamp Duty of Deeds-Documents-Instruments

Law of Registration and Stamp Duty of Deeds-Documents-Instruments by Yogesh V. Nayyar is a comprehensive treatise on the law dealing with registration and stamp duty on diverse legal instruments and transactions in India. The book exhaustively covers the Indian Stamp Act, 1899 and the Registration Act, 1908-detailing procedural as well as substantive law.

This comprehensive guide covers the drafting, presentation and legal implications of documents such as Agreement of Sale, Sale Deed, Lease Deed, Gift Deed, Adoption Deed, Relinquishment Deed, Compromise Deed, Arbitration Awards, Correction Deeds and many more. It also provides clarity on:

• Registerable vs. Optional Documents
• Doctrine of Part Performance and Decree Registration
• Relevance of notarized, unstamped and unregistered documents
• Consequences of non-registration and insufficient stamping
• Maintainability of writ petitions, impounding, penalties and procedural remedies
• Presentation delays and rectification deeds

With extensive citations of landmark judgments from the Hon'ble Supreme Court of India and various High Courts from 1950 to present, this book serves as a practical litigation manual. It equips legal practitioners, judicial officers and litigants with the strategies, procedural tools and case law needed to navigate complex registration and stamp duty challenges effectively.