https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=200391 The hereditary office of Shebait, including the right to officiate and worship by turn in a Hindu temple, is treated as immovable property because office, duty, personal interest and control over temple property are blended in it. A gift of such an interest therefore requires a registered instrument; an unregistered document conveying it is inadmissible in evidence. On the stamp objection, a document not duly stamped cannot be admitted unless the statutory duty and penalty are first dealt with in accordance with law, and merely marking it subject to objection does not finally decide the issue under the Stamp Act. en-us Fri, 05 May 1978 00:00:00 +0530 Tue, 27 Mar 2018 15:52:35 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=200391 The hereditary office of Shebait, including the right to officiate and worship by turn in a Hindu temple, is treated as immovable property because office, duty, personal interest and control over temple property are blended in it. A gift of such an interest therefore requires a registered instrument; an unregistered document conveying it is inadmissible in evidence. On the stamp objection, a document not duly stamped cannot be admitted unless the statutory duty and penalty are first dealt with in accordance with law, and merely marking it subject to objection does not finally decide the issue under the Stamp Act. Case-Laws Indian Laws Fri, 05 May 1978 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=200391