(1.) The issues that arise for consideration of this Court in the present appeal are:
(2.) Plaintiff and Defendant entered into an agreement to sell on 4/2/1998, and pursuant to that, Plaintiff was allegedly put in possession by Defendant. When Defendant denied the existence of such an agreement, Plaintiff filed a suit for specific performance of contract. In the said suit, Plaintiff moved an application to file a copy of the agreement to sell, among other documents, as secondary evidence.
(3.) Initially, the said application was allowed by the 4th Additional District Judge vide order dtd. 17/7/2001. But when Defendant sought review of this order, the Court vide its order dtd. 16/12/2003 reviewed it and held that secondary evidence of an agreement to sell could not be allowed as it was not executed on a proper stamp, thus barred under sec. 35 of the Stamp Act. While holding so, it relied on the decision of this Court in Jupadi Kesava Rao (supra).