Har Devi Asnani vs State Of Rajasthan & Ors

The Supreme Court addressed the constitutional validity of the proviso to Section 65(1) of the Rajasthan Stamp Act, 1998, which mandates that no revision application shall be entertained without proof of payment of fifty percent of the recoverable amount. The Court held that this provision imposes an unreasonable restriction on the right to access justice and violates Article 14 of the Constitution. Consequently, the Court struck down the proviso, affirming that litigants should not be barred from seeking redressal due to financial constraints.