Supreme Court of India

Mis. R.S. Rekhchand Mohota Spinnikg and Weaving Mills Ltd. v. State of Maharashtra

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Reported as [1997] SUPP. 1 S.C.R. 238

Bench K. Ramaswamy, S. Saghir Ahmad and G.B. Pattanaik JJ.

Decided 7 May 1997

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What the Court ordered

We hold that the legislative D Entry 45 of List II of the Seventh Schedule of the Constitution brings within the ambit power of the legislature under Article 246 to levy cess on use of the water even from flowing river.

Judgment, page 12

Authorities it was built on

1954 Navinchandra Mafatlal v. The Commissioner of Income-tax, Bombay City cited by 32
1963 Shankar Narayan Ranade v. Union of India cited by 1

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