Stamp duty value addition fails where earlier agreement and prior cheque payments fix the purchase consideration.

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....Where an immovable property purchase was supported by an earlier agreement, earlier possession and cheque payments made before registration, the relevant consideration was treated as that prior arrangement rather than the later registered deed. On that basis, adopting the stamp duty value as on the registration date for an addition under section 56(2)(x)(b)(B) was unjustified because the record showed the transaction had been agreed and partly performed earlier. The addition was deleted.....