1) deed of partition had to be duly stamped and registered to be admissible in evidence
2) 2) it is admissible for collateral purposes like division of the status and nature and
character of possession
3) Section 35 of the Indian Stamp Act contains a bar against
admissibility of such document in evidence and the same reads as follows:-
Instruments not duly stamped inadmissible in evidence etc.:- No instrument
chargeable with duty shall be admitted in evidence for any purpose by any person
having by law or consent of parities, authority to receive evidence, or shall be
acted upon, registered or authenticated by any such person or by any public
officer, unless such instrument is duly stamped.