Supreme Court · 2008 INSC 1053 · Decided 17 September 2008
State of M.P. & ORS. v. Lalit Jaggi
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2008 INSC 1053 · [2008] 13 S.C.R. 611
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 5751/2008
- Decided
- 17 September 2008
- Bench
- S.H. KAPADIA, B. SUDERSHAN REDDY (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 14, 226
Headnote
611 STATE OF M.P. & ORS. A v. LAUT JAGGI (Civil Appeal No. 5751 of 2008) SEPTEMBER 17, 2008 B [S.H. KAPADIA AND 8. SUDERSHAN REDDY, JJ] Excise: Liquor vend - Licence fee - Nature of- Liquor Policy for c the year 2005-2006 framed by State of M.P. - Clauses 13.3 and 13. 4 and Circular of of licence fee - High Court declaring clauses .. 't- 13. 3 and 13.4 as ultra virus Article 14 of the Constitution and 0 ' s.25 of M.P. Excise Act, 1915 - HELD: The licence fee, pay- able in advance in 24 equal instalments, is in essence rent charged for parting with State's privilege for
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