Supreme Court of India

Akola Municipal Corporation and Anr. v. Zishan Hussain Azhar Hussain and Anr.

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Reported as [2025] 12 S.C.R. 391
Bench Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta JJ.
Decided 8 December 2025

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What the Court ordered

We are of the opinion that the impugned judgment dated 9th October, 2019 in Public Interest Litigation No. 42 of 2018 and order dated 24th January, 2020 in MCA (Review) No. 42 of 2020 passed by the High Court is unsustainable in the eyes of law.

Judgment, page 17

From the headnote

Issue for Consideration Issue arose whether the High Court was justified in entertaining the Public Interest Litigation filed by the respondent, assailing the resolution passed by the appellant-Corporation to increase the property tax for the year 2017-18 to 2021-22. Headnotes† Maharashtra Municipal Corporations Act, 1949 – Economic Policy decision – Challenge to – Public interest litigation filed by the respondent no.1 challenging the revision of property tax by the appellant-Corporation for a period of five years- 2017- 18 to 2021-22, thereby increasing the tax rates in respect of

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