{"id":33685,"date":"2026-10-05T12:00:06","date_gmt":"2026-10-05T12:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalserviceindia.com\/Legal-Articles\/?p=33685"},"modified":"2026-10-05T12:03:40","modified_gmt":"2026-10-05T12:03:40","slug":"old-stamp-papers-in-agreements-to-sell-validity-proof-supreme-court-ruling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalserviceindia.com\/Legal-Articles\/old-stamp-papers-in-agreements-to-sell-validity-proof-supreme-court-ruling\/","title":{"rendered":"Old Stamp Papers in Agreements to Sell: Validity, Proof & Supreme Court Ruling"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

<\/span>Old Stamp, Fresh Doubt: Old Stamp Papers, Agreements to Sell, and the Line Between Validity and Proof<\/span><\/h1>\n\n\n\n

<\/span>I. The Question in a Nutshell<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

An agreement to sell is produced in court. It is written on stamp papers bought years before its date, perhaps on two different dates. The opposing counsel rises and says the document is a nullity. The judge, more quietly, begins to wonder whether it was ever executed on the date it claims.<\/p>

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