Supreme Court of India

The Western India Theatres Ltd. v. Municipal Corporation of the City of Poona

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Reported as [1959] SUPP. 2 S.C.R. 71
Bench Sudhi Ranjan Das J.
Decided 16 January 1959

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Municipality, Power of-Imposition of tax on cinema show­ Constitutional validity of enactment-Enhancement of such tax­ Validity-Bombay District Municipal Act, I90I (Bom. III of IgoI), s. 59(I) (XI)-Bombay Municipal Boroughs Act, I925 (Bom. XVIII of Ig25), s. 60. The appellant, a public limited company, was a lessee of four cinema houses situated within the municipal limits of Poona City where it used to exhibit cinematograph films. The respondent, the Municipal Corporation of Poona, in exercise of its power under s. 59(1) (XI) of the Bombay District Municipal Act, 1901, levied with effect

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