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Ranchi Timber Traders Association and anr. Vs. State of Bihar and ors.

Court : Patna

Subject : Other Taxes

allows levy of cess on moveable cut and finished timber is ultra vires Section 4 of the Bengal Cess Act, 1880.4. Mr. Merathia, learned G.P. II submitted at the out set that the points raised in these writ petitions

The State of West Bengal Vs. Kesoram Industries Ltd. and ors.

Court : Supreme Court of India

Subject : ConstitutionOther Taxes

Acts : Constitution of India - Articles 14, 21, 32, 51, 136, 141, 245, 246, 246(1), 246(2), 246(3), 248, 248(2), 249 to 252, 253, 256, 257, 265, 276, 301, 356 and 366; Cess Act, 1980 - Sections 2, 3, 5, 5(1) 6 and 18; West Bengal Primary Education Act, 1973 - Sections 78, 78A, 78(1), 78(2) and 78(2A); West Bengal Rural Employment and Production Act, 1976 - Sections 2 and 4; Cess Act, 1880 - Sections 3, 4, 5, 6(1) and 72; West Bengal Land Reforms Act, 1955 - Sections 23B(1); West Bengal Taxation Laws (Amendment) Act, 1992 - Sections 2; Bengal General Clauses Act, 1899 - Sections 3, 4(2) and 4(2A); West Bengal Taxation Laws (Amendment) Act, 1981; West Bengal Taxation Laws (Amendment) Act, 1989; Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Act, 1957 - Sections 2, 4, 4A , 9, 9(2), 9A, 13(2

Reported in : (2004)187CTR(SC)219; [2004]266ITR721(SC); JT2004(1)SC375; 2004(1)SCALE425; (2004)10SCC201; [2004] 1 SCR 564

are assessed, [or all such properties which    are liable to such assessment] according to the provisions of the    Cess Act, 1880, shall be liable to the payment, of education cess.(2) The rate of the education cess shall be determined … the basis of valuation for the purpose of this item."3. West Bengal Rural Employment and Production Act, 1976.    "Section 4. Rural employment cess, -- (1) On and from the    commencement of this Act, all immovable properties on which

Jogesh Chandra Roy Vs. Annoda Charan Choudhury

Court : Kolkata

Subject : Land Acquisition

Reported in : 68Ind.Cas.662

in respect of rents payable in kind, and his attention is, therefore, invited to the explanation given urder Section 4 of the Cess Act, B. C. of 1880, in the edition of the Act published by the Board … lands held on rents payable in kind. The contention is, in my opinion, correct. Section 41 of the Cess Act clearly provides that the ce&9 is payable in respect of all lands held by a cultivating raiyat and

Kesoram Industries Ltd. (Textile Division) Vs. Coal India Ltd.

Court : Kolkata

Subject : Other Taxes

Acts : Constitution of India - Articles 32, 136, 141, 226, 323, 323A and 323B;; West Bengal Taxation Tribunal Act, 1987 - Sections 2, 4, 6 and 6(1), 14 and 15;; Cess Act, 1980;; West Bengal Rural Employment and Production Act, 1976 - Sections 2, 2(1), 3(2) and 4(2);; West Bengal Rural Employment and Production (Amendment) Act, 1992;; West Bengal Primary Education Act, 1973 - Section 78(2);; Indian Contract Act, 1872 - Section 70;; Cess Act, 1880 - Sections 5, 6 and 7;; Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC) , 1973;; West Bengal Taxation Tribunal (Amendment) Act, 1992;; Madras Village Panchayat Act - Sections 115, 115(1) and (3) and 116;; Madras Revenue Recovery Act, 1984;; Madras Revenue Recovery Act, 1864;; Orissa Cess Act, 1962;; Madhya Pradesh Upkar Adhiniyam, 1981 - Section 11 and

Reported in : AIR1993Cal78

which the amount collected from cess shall be utilised for the development of mining lease areas.' BIHAR Bengal Cess Act 1880 Section 4. 'Royalty for the purpose of this Act in respect of mines and quarries means payment (which includes dead

Jaipuria Samla Amalgamated Collieries Ltd. Etc. Vs. the Commissioner o ...

Court : Supreme Court of India

Subject : Direct Taxation

Acts : Indian Companies Act, 1913; Bengal Cess Act, 1880 - Sections 5, 6 and 72 to 76; Bengal (Rural) Primary Education Act, 1930 - Sections 29; Income Tax Act, 1922 - Sections 10, 10(1), 10(2) and 10(4); Cess Act, 1930; Bengal Village Self Government Act, 1919; Income Tax Act, 1961 - Sections 28, 30 and 40

Reported in : [1971]82ITR580(SC); (1972)3SCC317; [1972]1SCR510

gains and therefore they would be covered by the said provision.4. According to the preamble to the Bengal Cess Act 1880, the road and works cesses were levied on immovable property interalia to provide for the construction and maintenance … amounts payable by the assessee on account of the aforesaid cesses were claimed by it as deduction under Section 10 of the Income-tax Act, 1922, hereinafter referred to as the 'Act', in the computation of its profits.

Smith Kline and French (India) Ltd. and ors. Vs. Commissioner of Incom ...

Court : Supreme Court of India

Subject : Direct Taxation

Acts : Income Tax Act, 1961 - Sections 40; Companies Profits Surtax Act, 1964 - Sections 2(5), 4 and 15

Reported in : 1996IVAD(SC)22; (1996)132CTR(SC)500; [1996]219ITR581(SC); JT1996(4)SC231; 1996(1)KLT769(SC); 1996(3)SCALE562; (1996)8SCC579; [1996]Supp1SCR385

question therein was whether the amount payable as (i) road and public works cess levied under the Bengal Cess Act, 1880 and (ii) the education cess levied under the Bengal (Rural) Primary Education Act, 1930 fall within the mischief … of the capital reserves and certain borrowed moneys or a sum of Rs. 2 lakhs, whichever is higher...'. Section 4 is the charging Section It says 'subject to the provisions contained in this Act, there shall be charged

Tata Iron and Steel Co. Ltd. and anr. Vs. the State of Bihar and ors.

Court : Patna

Subject : Property

Acts : Bihar Cess Act, 1880 - Sections 5 and 45; Limitation Act - Sections 3 and 4 to 24; Bihar and Orissa Primary Education Act, 1919 - Sections 13; Bihar Health Cess Act, 1977 - Sections 3

writ application the order contained in Annexures 29 and 30 are under challenge. The legislative competence of the Cess Act, 1880 is not under challenge whereas legislative competence of Bihar Health Cess Act, 1977 and Bihar and Orissa Primary … of Section 7D of the Bihar Land Reforms Act and lease was made effective with effect from 1-1-1956. Sub-section (4) of Section 7D made it clear that Subsection (1) of Section 7 D was retrospective. Therefore, it can

Secretary of State for India in Council Vs. Bhupalchandra Ray Chaudhur ...

Court : Kolkata

Subject : Land Acquisition

Reported in : 129Ind.Cas.177

regard to the terms of the kabuliyats, which were put in evidence, read with the provisions of the Cess Act (Bengal Act IX of 1880) the assessment was valid and lawful. He also contended inter alia that the … quarries, tramways, railways and other immovable property ascertained respectively as in this Act prescribed.'Immovable property' is defined in Section 4 of the Act in these terms 'immovable property includes lands and all benefits to arise' out of land

Chalho Singh and ors. Vs. Jharo Singh and ors.

Court : Kolkata

Subject : Civil

Reported in : 18Ind.Cas.61

the decision of the Judicial Committee is an authority for the proposition that Section 95 of the Bengal Cess Act, 1880, is not exhaustive and that a road-cess return may be admissible in evidence as against persons other than … admissible in evidence. Upon appeal, this Court observed as follows: 'The road-cess returns are Exhibits Nos. 1 to 4and 6 and 7. None of these were submitted by the appellants, and Exhibits Nos. 3, 4, 6 and

Thakur Singh Vs. Ram Baran Singh and ors.

Court : Supreme Court of India

Subject : Property

Acts : Transfer of Property Act - Sections 76, 77 and 83

Reported in : AIR1973SC45; (1972)2SCC740; [1973]1SCR1016; 1973(5)LC262(SC)

the amount for which the mortgagor under the terms of the mortgage was liable.14. Section 4 of the Cess Act, 1880 defines 'annual value of land' to mean the total rent which is payable or, if no rent is