Supreme Court of India

State of Bihar v. Bihar Chamber of Commerce

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Reported as [1996] 2 S.C.R. 184

Bench B.P. Jeevan Reddy and Suhas C. Sen JJ.

Decided 6 February 1996

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What the Court ordered

For the above reasons, the appeals arising from Special Leave Peti- tion (C) Nos. 14636-14644 of 1995 fp'referred by the State of Bihar] are 1 allowed and the judgment of the High Court is set aside.

Judgment, page 33

Authorities it was built on

1994 M/s Shaktikumar M. Sancheti and Anr. v. State of Maharashtra and Ors. cited by 9
1994 The Entry Tax Officer, Bangalore Etc. Etc. v. M/s Chandanmal Champalal and Co. cited by 1

Where later benches applied it

2022 The Secretary to Govt. of Kerala, Irrigation Department and Others v. James Varghese and Others referred to
2016 Jindal Stainless Ltd. & Anr v. State of Haryana & Ors referred to
2017 Indian Oil Corporation Limited v. State of Bihar & Anr. not applicable

Of those, 2 referred to · 1 not applicable

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