https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=308239 Under Sections 8 and 9 of the West Bengal Land Reforms Act, 1955, a pre-emptor must strictly comply with the statutory deposit condition: the full stated sale consideration and the additional 10% must be deposited within time as a condition precedent to invoking pre-emption. Section 9 permits inquiry only into additional sums properly claimed by the transferee, not a short deposit followed by later completion at the applicant's discretion. The time limit for exercising the right is not extendable. Where pre-emption fails, the amount deposited cannot be retained and must be refunded to the applicant with interest, if any. en-us Thu, 17 Oct 2019 00:00:00 +0530 Fri, 09 Jun 2023 08:52:39 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=308239 Under Sections 8 and 9 of the West Bengal Land Reforms Act, 1955, a pre-emptor must strictly comply with the statutory deposit condition: the full stated sale consideration and the additional 10% must be deposited within time as a condition precedent to invoking pre-emption. Section 9 permits inquiry only into additional sums properly claimed by the transferee, not a short deposit followed by later completion at the applicant's discretion. The time limit for exercising the right is not extendable. Where pre-emption fails, the amount deposited cannot be retained and must be refunded to the applicant with interest, if any. Case-Laws Indian Laws Thu, 17 Oct 2019 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=308239