Partnership to LLP conversion exempt from stamp duty and registration fees; no transfer instrument means no fees required.

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....Requirement to deposit Stamp Duty and Registration Fee - conversion of the petitioner from ‘Partnership Firm’ to ‘Limited Liability Partnership’ - Once there is no transfer of immovable property under an instrument, then the question of compulsory registration of that non-existent instrument and payment of stamp duty on it is not warranted. Neither the stamp duty nor the registration fee, therefore, is payable in such circumstances. - HC....