Supreme Court of India
Tata Iron and Steel Co. Ltd. & Another v. State of Bihar & Others
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What the Court ordered
We are of the opinion that the judgment under appeal cannot be sustained and needs to be set aside.
Judgment, page 14
From the headnote
Constitution of India: Art.265 and 366(28) - Large chunk of land allocated to · c· appellant-Company by the State - Water of the river which flew past that parcel of land was used by the company - Dam constructed on the river by the State - Demand by the State against the appellant Company towards bill for water drawn from the river - Writ petition challenging the demand - Dismissed by High Court - On appeal plea of the company that demand was violative of Art.265 - Pleas of State that the demand was 'fee' and the expression 'tax' in Art.265 would not take within its sweep 'fee' -
Authorities it was built on
- 1983 Sreenivasa General Traders & Ors. Etc. v. State of Andhra Pradesh & Ors. Etc.
- 1979 Kewal Krishan Puri & Anr. v. State of Punjab & Others
- 2009 Commissioner of Income Tax, Udaipur, Rajasthan v. Mcdowell & Co. Ltd.
- 1983 Municipal Corporation of Delhi and Others v. Mohd. Yasin Etc.
- 2004 State of Himachal Pradesh and Ors. v. M/s. Shivalik Agro Poly Products and Ors.
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