Supreme Court of India

Tata Iron and Steel Co. Ltd. and Ors. v. State of West Bengal

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Reported as [2002] 3 S.C.R. 591
Bench S. Rajendra Babu and Doraiswamy Raju JJ.
Decided 29 April 2002

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West Bengal Multi-Storeyed Buildings Tax Act, 1979-Sections 2(j) and 3-Tax-levy of on multi-storeyed buildings-Plea that the same is discriminatory because of want of nexus between nature of levy and c classification of the building under the Act-Held, levy of tax justified and is not discriminatory-Constitution of India, 1950-Article 14. After West Bengal Multi-Storeyed Building Tax Act, 1975 was held to be ultra vires, West Bengal Multi Storeyed Building Tax Act, 1979 was -- enacted effecting several changes in the 1975 Act. Definition of 'owner' and Section 3 were altered. ' Appellants

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