Supreme Court · 1974 INSC 64 · Decided 20 March 1974
Municipal Corporation of Greater Bombay v. M/S Polychem LTD.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1974 INSC 64 · [1974] 3 S.C.R. 687
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 1828/1969
- Decided
- 20 March 1974
- Bench
- M. HAMEEDULLAH BEG, Y.V. CHANDRACHUD (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 133(1)(c)
Headnote
Bombay Municipal Corporation Act. 3 of 1888-S. 3(r) and S. 154-Scope of. Principles for detennining rateable value of land on which a building is partly completed-Doctrine of sterility-Distinction between English and Indian Law. The respondent company was owner of a large area of land in Bombay, The bulk of the remaining part was lying vacant. The Assessor and Collector of the Municipal Corporation determined the market value of the whole land on a notional basis and fixed the hypothetical annual rental value of the portion of land on which a building was being built as well
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