Supreme Court · 1994 INSC 537 · Decided 22 November 1994
SMT. Sita Devi (Dead) BY LRS. v. State of Bihar and ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1994 INSC 537 · [1994] SUPP. 5 S.C.R. 682
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 1770/1984
- Decided
- 22 November 1994
- Bench
- K. RAMASWAMY, K.S. PARIPOORNAN (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Civil
Headnote
Bihar Agricultural Produce Markets Act, 1960-Section 27 and Section 2(/)(a) read with item 3 in Classification 8 of Schedule­ Agricultural Produce-Definition-Whether cattle is an agricultural produce-Held, Yes-Market Committee is empowered to levy and collect market fee when cattle is bought appellants challenged by filing a writ petition before the High Court the power of Market Committee to levy market fee on buffaloes, bullocks and cows bought or sold in Hat. The High Court held that by operation of Section 2(l)(a) r/w Item 3 in Classification 8 of the Schedule under the head
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