Supreme Court of India
Food Corporation of India v. Brihanmumbai Mahanagar Palika & Ors.
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What the Court ordered
Held as under: 1107 “The question that arises before us is: If the property of the Corporation is property of the Union of India and, thus, exempt from taxation, imposed by the State or any authority within a State.
Judgment, page 32
From the headnote
Constitution of India: Art.285(1) and (2) – Exempti on of property of Union from State Taxation – The Governm ent of Bombay acquired certain land for Government of Indi a prior to the year 1964 – Upon completion of the acquisition p roceedings, the lands vested in the Government of India and it constructed godowns and silos on the acquired land for storage of food grains and when the FCI came into being in 1965, these god owns alongwith other godowns of the Government were tran sferred to FCI for the purpose of undertaking the purchase, st orage, movement, transport, distribution and sale of
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