Validity of differential Stamp duty on Instruments executed outside Maharashtra under Bombay Stamp Act, 1958

The Indian Hume Pipe Co. Ltd. Vs. State of Maharashtra (Bombay High Court)  The bench noted that, in the present case, the deed is used in the State of Maharashtra for registering a charge by lodging a verified copy of the deed in the office of the Registrar of Companies in accordance with sections 125 read with 130 of the Companies Act. “The deeds were chargeable in the State of Gujarat as the same are executed in the said State. Copies of the same are received in the State of Maharashtra for registering a charge in the office of the Registrar of Companies. The entries in the Schedule VII ...