Supreme Court of India

Chhotabhai Jethabhai Patel and Co. v. The Union of India and Another

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Reported as [1962] SUPP. 2 S.C.R. 1
Bench Syed Jaffer Imam J.
Decided 11 December 1961

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Excise duties-Retrospective Levy-Validity of enactment­ legislative competence of Po.rliament-Constitutional validity­ Finance Act J.951 (23 of 1951), •· 7(2)-Constitution of India Arts. 19(1)(/), 31, 265, Seventh Schedule, List I, Enlry 84, List II, Entry 60. The appellants who were carrying on business in tobacco had in their Jicenced warehouse considerable quantity of tohacco on February 28, 1951. On the same day a Bill was introduced in the House of the People containing the financial proposals of the Government of India for the fiscal year beginning April 1, 1951. Clause 7 of the Bill

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