Supreme Court · 1961 INSC 37 · Decided 10 February 1961
The Amalgamated Coalfields LTD. and Others v. The Janapada Sabha, Chhindwara
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1961 INSC 37 · [1962] 1 S.C.R. 1
- Case number
- WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) No. 31/1959
- Decided
- 10 February 1961
- Bench
- BHUVNESHWAR PRASAD SINHA, S.K. DAS, A.K. SARKAR, K.C. DAS GUPTA, N. RAJAGOPALA AYYANGAR (5-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Writ / Constitutional
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 227, 32
Headnote
COURT REPORTS THE AMALGAMATED COALFIELDS LTD. , 96, AND OTHERS v. THE JAN AP ADA SABHA, CHHINDW ARA (B. P. SINHA, c. J., s. K. DAS, A. K. SARKAR, K. C. Das GUPTA and N. RAJAGOPALA AYYANGAR, JJ.J Coal Tax-L,gality of-Local Legislature authorising stick levy by local authority-Legislative r935 (26 G,o. 5, Ch. 2), s. r43- C onstitution oj India, Art. 227. Section 51 of the Central Provinces Local Self-Government Act, 1920, empowered a district council, subject to the previous sanction of the local Government, to impose "any tax, toll or rate, other than those specified in
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