Supreme Court · 2000 INSC 487 · Decided 17 October 2000
Saurashtra Cement and Chemical Industries v. Union of India and ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2000 INSC 487 · [2000] SUPP. 4 S.C.R. 44
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 7000/1994
- Decided
- 17 October 2000
- Bench
- G.B. PATTANAIK, U.C. BANERJEE (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Disposed off
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 246, 268, 269, 270, 265
Headnote
Constitutional law : Mines and Minerals (Regulation and Development) Act, 1957-Section C 9(3)-Constitutional validity-levy of royalty on minerals-Whether power of Parliament under Entry 54 of list I to enact such law denudes right of State legislature to levy tax on mineral rights under Entry 50 to enact such law-Constitution of India-Articles 246, 268, 269 & 270-Seventh Schedule. D Precedents-Applicability of the doctrine of stare decisis-Held, the doctrine is applicable to avoid confusion and uncertainty. The appellants challenged the constitutional validity of Section 9(3) of
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