Supreme Court · 1965 INSC 186 · Decided 22 September 1965
Jawaharmal v. State of Rajasthan and Others
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1965 INSC 186 · [1966] 1 S.C.R. 890
- Case number
- WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) No. 19/1965
- Decided
- 22 September 1965
- Bench
- P.B. GAJENDRAGADKAR, K.N. WANCHOO, M. HIDAYATULLAH, J.C. SHAH, S.M. SIKRI (5-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Case Partly allowed
- Case type
- Writ / Constitutional
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 255, 32; Motor Vehicles Act
Headnote
A B Raja,s,than Passengers and Goods Taxation (Amendment and Vali­ dation.) Act 1964 (22 of 1964), ss. 2 and 4--Act validating State Finance Acts of 1961 and 1962-Whether legislature can itself validate defect caused by non-observance of Art. 255 of the Constitu1ion---Retros- ('ective taxation State Legislature passed Act 18 of 1959 to levy taX on passengers and goods carried in motor vehicles. For the pu.rpose of the tax roads were divided into two categories i.e. those which were asphalted etc .. and those which were not. ln respect of goods carried on the former category of
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