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2 rulings decided on 8 Oct 2026
An arbitral award must be properly stamped before it can be enforced
The Court held that the Joint Registrar's order overlooked an earlier ruling of this Court (M/s URC Construction (P) Ltd. v. Airports Authority of India) establishing that an instrument must be stamped at or before execution, with any delay attracting penalty, not just a top-up payment. Since the Joint Registrar's order was not in line with the Indian Stamp Act, 1899, the Court set it aside. The decree holder's counsel then sought to withdraw the petition with liberty to refile once the stamp duty issue was properly resolved, which the Court granted.
A review petition cannot be used to re-argue a refund to shareholders
The Court held that Section 125(2)(h) applies to money received by a company for allotment of securities, not to a refund arising from a court-sanctioned reduction of share capital, so the Bank's reliance on it was misplaced. Since the earlier orders had already been passed after considering the material on record and no error apparent on the face of the record was shown, the Court found no ground for review and dismissed the Bank's petition.
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