Supreme Court of India
All Kerala Distributors Association, Kottayam Unit, Represented by its Secretary v. The State of Kerala & Anr.
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In view of the above, these appeals must fail and the same are dismissed with costs.
Judgment, page 41
From the headnote
Kerala Motor Vehicles Taxation Act, 1976 – ss.4(7) , 4(8), 15 – Kerala Motor Vehicles Taxation (Amendment) Act, 2005 – Ke rala Motor Transport Worker’s Welfare Fund Act, 1985 – s. 8A – Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 – Challenge to constitutional validity of ss.4(7) , 4(8), 15, 1976 Act and s.8A , 1985 Act – Held: The 1988 Act does not cover the field of the manner of levy of vehicle tax and collection thereof – The same is covered by the State legislations – Considering the scheme of the State legislations, it is incompr ehensible to countenance the argument that the two provisions (of 19 88 Act on
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- 1970 New Central Jute Mills Co. Ltd. v. The Assistant Collector of Central Excise, Allahabad & Ors.
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