India, June 13 -- In a move aimed at strengthening transparency and ensuring compliance in land transactions, the Maharashtra Registration and Stamps Department has made adjudication mandatory before the registration of certain categories of documents, particularly those involving government land and transactions enjoying up to 100% stamp duty exemption.

The directive has been issued through a circular by the inspector general of Registration and Controller of Stamps, Maharashtra, and circulated to registration offices across the state.

Under the new rules, documents related to government land, including sale deeds, transfer deeds, lease agreements, gift deeds, development agreements and supplementary agreements, must undergo adjudicati...