Supreme Court of India

State of Kerala and Others v. Fr. William Fernandez Etc. Etc.

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Reported as [2017] 13 S.C.R. 663
Bench A. K. Sikri and Ashok Bhushan JJ.
Decided 9 October 2017

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Entry Tax - Legislative competence of the State Legislature to impose Entry Tax on goods imported from outside the country entering into local area of the State - Held: The import of goods from any territory outside India comes to an end when the goods enter into the custom frontiers of India and are released for home consumption -After import of goods is complete, the State legislature has fall legislative competence to levy entry tax under Entry 52 List 11 - The submission that essence of Entry 52 is octroi which can be levied only by local authorities and State has no legislative

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