— Ss. , , , and Sch. Art. 25 Expln. I — Stamp duty on agreement to sell — Liability to pay under the 1958 Act: When agreement to sell consists of a clause to hand over possession of property, held, then it has to be treated as “conveyance” for purpose of the . Therefore, liability to pay stamp duty will arise at time of execution of such agreement to sell. In such case, further held, when stamp duty is payable on the agreement to sell itself, party concerned cannot seek benefit of S. 4 and claim that stamp duty having been paid on the sale deed, separate stamp duty was not payable on the earlier agreement to sell. Hence, held, agreements to sell in question ought to have been necessarily stamped and registered, [Shyamsundar Radheshyam Agrawal v. Pushpabai Nilkanth Patil, ]
— S. — Rectification of register of members — Proper exercise of power in respect of — Requirements of: NCLT exercising jurisdiction under S. 59 has to examine the factual issues to ascertain the substance of the issue before it after removing the cloak of the form of the application. Further, the expression “rectification”, connotes something that ought to have been done but, by error, was not done, or what ought not to have been done but was done, requiring correction. Also, the phrase “sufficient cause” in S. 59 is to be tested in relation to the statutory mandate thereof i.e. anything done or omitted to be done in contravention of the 2013 Act or the Rules framed thereunder, [Chalasani Udaya Shankar v. Lexus Technologies (P) Ltd., ]
— Sch. : Ruling of nine-Judge Bench in MADA, , held, not prospective. Doctrine of prospective overruling i.e. a case where constitutional court overrules a well-established precedent by declaring a new rule but limits its application to future situations is not applicable. However, certain ameliorative directions issued for the past period, [Mineral Area Development Authority v. SAIL (Enforcement Order), ]
— S. : Application for anticipatory bail is maintainable, while accused in judicial custody in connection with different offence, [Dhanraj Aswani v. Amar S. Mulchandani, ]
Government Contracts and Tenders — Formation of Government Contract — Modes of entering into a Government Contract — Public Auction/Tender — Tender Conditions/Criteria/Norms/Request for Proposal (RFP) Conditions/Notice Inviting Tender (NIT)/Advertisement/ Invitation to offer/Reserve price/Prequalifications/Scope of judicial review: Though Court cannot sit in appeal over Government authorities’ decision to enter into contracts, when they act fairly, reasonably and in a transparent manner. However, if they exercise authority to deviate from an essential term of a contract, and do not apply same across all bidders however select a few, Court can interfere with such decision, [Banshidhar Construction (P) Ltd. v. Bharat Coking Coal Ltd., ]
— S. : MSME Revival and Rehabilitation Framework Instructions, dt. 29-5-2016 as revised by RBI Noti. dt. 17-3- 2016, and RBI [Lending to Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) Sector] Directions, 2016, held, mandatory in nature. Thus, adherence thereto is mandatory, prior to action under the SARFAESI Act/classification of borrower’s account, as non-performing assets (NPAs), [Pro Knits v. Canara Bank, ]
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