https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=99721 A proxy executed by an overseas shareholder was found genuine after the Court compared the disputed signatures with admitted signatures, related proxy documents and a later affidavit, and the surrounding circumstances supported attribution to the signatory. The votes attached to that proxy were therefore counted in favour of the respondent group. On stamping, the Court held that a proxy executed outside India and received in India could be stamped within the statutory period under section 18 of the Indian Stamp Act, 1899, and that section 35 did not bar reliance on it once properly stamped before use. The challenge to the proxy and the resulting vote count failed. en-us Mon, 16 Apr 1979 00:00:00 +0530 Sat, 28 Jan 2012 13:50:26 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=99721 A proxy executed by an overseas shareholder was found genuine after the Court compared the disputed signatures with admitted signatures, related proxy documents and a later affidavit, and the surrounding circumstances supported attribution to the signatory. The votes attached to that proxy were therefore counted in favour of the respondent group. On stamping, the Court held that a proxy executed outside India and received in India could be stamped within the statutory period under section 18 of the Indian Stamp Act, 1899, and that section 35 did not bar reliance on it once properly stamped before use. The challenge to the proxy and the resulting vote count failed. Case-Laws Companies Law Mon, 16 Apr 1979 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=99721