Supreme Court of India

Corporation of Calcuta and Another v. Liberty Cinema

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Reported as [1965] 2 S.C.R. 477
Bench A. K. Sarkar, K. Subba Rao, Raghu.Bar Dayal, N. Raja- Gopala Ayyangar and J. R. Mudholkar JJ.
Decided 14 December 1964

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Calcutta Municipal .ct (33 of 1951), ,. 413 and 548-Licen.re fee on cinema houses-whether tax or fee for rendering service-Validity of levy and s. 548. Under a. 413 of the Calcutta Municipal Act, 1951, no person shall c without a licence granted by the Corporation of Calcutta, keep open any cinema house for public amusement in Calcutta. Under s. 548(2), far every licence under the Act, a fee may be charged at such rate as may from time to time be fixed by the Corporation. In 1948, the appellant (Corporation) fixed fees on the basis of annual valuation of the cinema house. The respondent, who

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