The Supreme Court of India, in a significant ruling on stamp duty law, has held that an instrument titled “Security Bond cum Mortgage Deed” executed by a principal debtor to secure its own contractual obligations is chargeable to stamp duty as a mortgage deed under Article 40 of Schedule 1-B of the Indian Stamp Act,
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