Supreme Court of India

State of Maharashtra & Ors. v. Swanstone Multiplex Cinema (p) Ltd

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Reported as [2009] 11 S.C.R. 378
Bench S.B. Sinha and Deepak Verma JJ.
Decided 27 July 2009

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From the headnote

BOMBAY ENTERTAINMENT DUTY ACT, 1923: ,.:l c SS.2(d), 3(1), 3(13) - Entertainment duty- Exemption - Multiplex theatre complex - Collecting entertainment duty and retaining the same though it was exempt from entertainment duty - Held: Entertainment duty is a tax - High Court was not justified in holding that State Government conferred upon the theatre the retention benefit - When a person collects tax illegally it has to refund it to tax payers - If tax payers cannot be found, court would either direct the ~ same to be paid to and/or appropriated by the State - · Supreme Court may, in exercise

Where later benches applied it

Of those, 2 mentioned

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