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M/S. Orissa Cement Ltd. and ors. Vs. State of Orissa and Others

Court : Supreme Court of India

Subject : Other Taxes

Acts : Orissa Cess Act, 1962 - Sections 5, 6, 7 and 10; Constitution of India - Articles 32, 136, 142, 226, 245, 265, 301 and 304; Madhya Pradesh Upkar Adhiniyam, 1982 - Sections 11; Orissa Mining Areas Development Fund Act, 1952 - Sections 3, 4, 5; Local Mines Labour Welfare Fund Act, 1947; Madras Panchayats Act, 1958 - Sections 115(1) and 116; Orissa Cess Rules, 1963 - Rule 6A; Orissa Municipal Act, 1950; Orissa Grama Panchayats Act, 1948; Orissa Panchayat Samiti and Zila Parishad Act, 1959; Orissa Grama Panchayat Act, 1964; Bihar Finance Act, 1981; Bihar Finance Act, 1982; Madhya Pradesh Upkar Adhiniyam, 1981; Madhya Pradesh Upkar (Sanshodhan) Adhiniyam, 1987; Madhya Pradesh General Clauses Act, 1957 - Sections 24-A; Madhya Pradesh General Sales Tax Act, 1958 - Sections 3; The Ma

Reported in : AIR1991SC1676; JT1991(2)SC439; 1991(1)SCALE617; 1991Supp(1)SCC430; [1991]2SCR105

Act. Bihar is governed in this respect by the provisions of the Bengal Cess Act (Act IX of 1880). It is sufficient to refer to the provisions of Sections 4 to 6, 9 and to certain notifications. … State to bring in fresh legislation. The Orissa enactment with which we are now concerned is the Orissa Cess Act (Orissa Act II of 1962) as amended by Act 42 of 1976. According to the Statement of Objects … that the above objection cannot be 'circumvented' by a resort to Article 142. Sri Nariman referred us in this context to the observations in the … Orissa Mining Areas Development Fund Act, 1952 (Orissa Act XXVII of 1952). Section 3 of the Act empowered the State Government to constitute mining areas