PAK LAW GPT — Pakistan Case Law AI justice scale emblemPAK LAW GPTCase law · Urdu & English

2022 PLD 47 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH

Case information

Citation
2022 PLD 47 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH
Court
Sindh High Court
Year
2022
Reporter
PLD
Subject matter
Civil
Provisions referred to
S. 3---P

Fields are extracted from the reported citation and judgment text. Where a detail is not stated in the record, it is not shown.

Judgment text as reported

VS S. 3---Property sold on the basis of a court decree---Value of property for purposes of calculation of stamp duty---Scope---Where an instrument was registered in performance of a court decree it ought to be on the basis of value determined in the decree and/or agreement entered into for which performance was to be made in terms of Court decree---Only in case when the property had changed its status lawfully i.e. from a built-up property to an open plot or from a semi-constructed property to a fully constructed property, the value of the property may be altered in instrument sought to be registered---Thus, when a property was sold out on the basis of a decree, which decree had valued the property in question, the right of valuing the property did not rest with the vendor and vendee and/or the concerned authority---Observations made in paragraph 13 of the judgment reported as Mrs. Nighat Saimi v Province of Sindh (PLD 2017 Sindh 596) held not to be good law.

Other judgments reported in 2022 PLD

Back to the case-law library · Search Pakistani case law in Urdu or English