Supreme Court of India

M/s Shaktikumar M. Sancheti and Anr. v. State of Maharashtra and Ors.

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Reported as [1994] SUPP. 6 S.C.R. 98
Bench Kuldip Singh, R.M. Sarai and B.L. Hansaria JJ.
Decided 25 November 1994

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What the Court ordered

In the result the appeals and the writ petition fail and are dismissed.

Judgment, page 6

From the headnote

Maharashtra Tax on Entry of Motor Vehicles into Local Areas Act, 1987-Section 3-Tax on entry of vehicles into a local area-Validity- Expression 'local area'-Meaning-Whether levy of tax was bad/or being vague and contrary to concept of local area-Held, No-Levy being in addition to octroi realised by local authorities-Whether it amounted to double taxation-Held, No-Whether levy can be said to be invalid merely because measure of levy is to be purchase value of vehicle-Held, No. The appellants, contractors or dealers of motor vehicles who purchased vehicles from outside the State and brought

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