Supreme Court · 2001 INSC 136 · Decided 2 March 2001
A.P. Bankers and Pawn Brokers Association v. Municipal Corporation of Hyderabad
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2001 INSC 136 · [2001] 2 S.C.R. 340
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 1691/2001
- Decided
- 2 March 2001
- Bench
- AJAY PRAKASH MISRA, S.N. VARIAVA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
Headnote
Municipalities: Hyderabad Municipal Corporation Act, 1955: Section 521( e)(ii). Licence fee-Levy of-Money lender.,- and pawn brokers-Allowed to carry on their business only on payment ~f licence fee-Validity of-Held: The pu1pose of S. 521 is to i-egu/ate trade or operation on ce11ain terms and no question of issuing a licencP--No material to sholv that money lending and palvn /11vking business D is dangerous or likely to create nuisance-Hence, levy of licence fee illegal. E F G H The appellant carried on the husiness of money lending and pawn broking. The respondent-Corporation
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