Supreme Court · 2011 INSC 82 · Decided 28 January 2011
Prafull Goradia v. Union of India
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2011 INSC 82 · [2011] 1 S.C.R. 579
- Case number
- WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) No. 1/2007
- Decided
- 28 January 2011
- Bench
- MARKANDEY KATJU, GYAN SUDHA MISRA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Writ / Constitutional
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 27, 14, 15, 32; Income Tax Act; Central Excise Act
Headnote
Haj Committee Act, 2002 - Constitutional validity of - Challenge to - Writ petition - Plea of the petitioner that he is a Hindu but has to pay direct and indirect taxes, part of whose c proceeds go for the purpose of Haj pilgrimage, which is only done by Muslims - Held: Article 27 would be the entire income taxi central excise! customs duties/sales tax or any other tax collected in India, were to be utilized for promotion or maintenance of any D particular religion or religious denomination - It is nowhere mentioned in the writ petition as. to what percentage of any particular tax
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