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Sri Sekharsree Banerjee Vs. the Tea Board and ors.

Court : Kolkata

Subject : Service

Acts : Tea Act, 1953 - Sections 31(1), 31(2), 49(1) and 49(2); ; Tea Act, 1935 - Sections 31 and 49

Reported in : (2006)1CALLT628(HC)

order dated 29th April, 2005 passed by the Chairman of the Tea Board, an establishment constituted under the Tea Act, 1953, being a part of annexure 'P-24' to this writ petition at page 151, is under challenge in this … the powers conferred upon the Central Government by Sub-section (1) read with Clause (d) of Subsection (2) of Section 49 of the Tea Act; 1953.20. By referring to the relevant part of the said Rules. Mr. Sengupta pointed

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

of its power to make any legislationwhatsoever.(iii) Having regard to the declaration made in Section 2, of the Tea Act,1953, the entire tea industry having been taken over in terms of Entry 52of List I of the Seventh … tax ofRs.32 per thousand acre on coal bearing lands, It was sought to be defendedas falling under Entry 49 or in the alternative under Entry 23 or Entry 50in List II. The attack was that the legislation

Vst Distribution, Storage and Vs. State of West Bengal and ors.

Court : Sales Tax Tribunal STT West Bengal

Subject : Land Acquisition

Reported in : (2000)118STC515Tribunal

(i) that the levy of a duty of excise or cess on tea under Section 25 of the Tea Act, 1953, was altogether different and distinct in character from the impugned cesses relatable to entry 49 of List II.

Sasanka Sekhar Maity and ors. Vs. Union of India (Uoi) and ors.

Court : Supreme Court of India

Subject : Property

Acts : Constitution of India - Articles 13(1), 13(2), 14, 19(1), 19(6), 26, 31, 31A, 31A(1), 31B, 31C, 31(2), 32, 39 and 368; West Bengal Land Reforms Act, 1955 - Sections 2(7), 4(3), 6, 14J to 14Y, 16 and 17; West Bengal Land Reforms (Amendment) Act; West Bengal Land Reforms (Amendment) Act, 1971; West Bengal Land Reforms (Amendment) Act, 1972; West Bengal Estates Acquisition Act, 1953 - Sections 4, 4(3), 5, 6(1), 6(2), 49 and 52; West Bengal Land Reforms Act, 1954; Constitution (Thirty-fourth Amendment) Act, 1974; Constitution (First Amendment) Act, 1951; Constitution (Seventeenth Amendment) Act, 1964; Kerala Land Reforms Act, 1963 - Sections 82 and 85(1); Kerala Land Reforms (Amendment) Act, 1969; Kerala Land Reforms (Amendment) Act, 1971; West Bengal Estates Acquisition Rules, 19

Reported in : AIR1981SC522; (1980)4SCC716; [1980]3SCR1209

be chosen by him, (e) tank fisheries, and (f) land comprised in tea gardens or orchards or land used for the purpose of livestock breeding, … two stages. The first was the stage of abolition of the zamindari system. The West Bengal Estates Acquisition Act, 1953 (Act I of 1954) which received the assent of the President on February 12, 1954, and has been … acquisition of estates and the rights-of the intermediaries therein with effect from April 15, 1955. That was because Section 49 provided that this Chapter was to come into force on such date as the Government may by notification

Oil India Ltd. Vs. State of Assam and ors.

Court : Guwahati

Subject : Other TaxesConstitution

Acts : Assam Taxation (on Specified Lands) (Amendment) Act, 2004; Assam Taxation (on Specified Lands) Act, 1990 - Sections 3, 4, 5 and 6; Oil Fields (Regulation and Development) Act, 1948; Government of India Act, 1935; Mines and Minerals (Regulation and Development) Act, 1948 - Sections 5, 6 and 6(2); Mines and Minerals (Regulation and Development) Act, 1957 - Sections 3, 9 and 32; Oil Industry (Development) Act, 1974; West Bengal Primary Education Act, 1973; West Bengal Rural Employment of Production (Amendment) Act, 1976; West Bengal Taxation Laws (2nd Amendment) Act, 1989; Tea Act, 1953; Cess Act, 1860; Petroleum and Natural Gas Rules, 1959 - Rules 4 and 13; Constitution of India - Articles 14, 32 and 301;

of cess. Tea estate, as a separate category of land, is a valid classification;(vii) the fact that the Tea Act, 1953 empowers the Central Government to levy a duty or cess upon tea or tea leaves for the purposes … to be a tax on land and hence covered by Entry No. 49 of List II, has in essence imposed a tax on crude oil … for purposes ancillary thereto as well as any land held for the purposes of obtaining or extracting coal. Section 3, which is the charging section, empowers and authorises the levy of a tax in respect of specified

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

List II or III had been brought to its notice and further that, under Section 2 of the Tea Act, 1953, control over the tea industry had been assumed by Parliament within the meaning of Entry 54 of List … the maintenance of land records, survey for revenue purposes and records of rights, and alienation of revenues. Entry 49: Taxes on lands and buildings. Entry 50: Taxes on mineral rights subject to any limitations imposed by Parliament

Mahanadi Coalfields Ltd. and anr. Vs. State of Orissa and ors.

Court : Orissa

Subject : Other Taxes

Acts : Orissa Rural Employment, Education and Production Act, 1992; Constitution of India - Articles 14 and 285; Mines and Minerals (Regulation and Development) Act, 1957 - Sections 9A; Orissa Cess Act - Sections 2; Coal-bearing Areas (Acquisitiion and Development) Act, 1957 - Sections 10, 11 and 11(1); Sale of Goods Act, 1930 - Sections 64A

Reported in : AIR1994Ori258; 1995(I)OLR544

would be pertinent. It may be noted that Parliament had made a declaration in Section 2 of the Tea Act, 1953 that it was expedient in the public interest that the Union should take under its control the tea … development of mines and minerals or their regulations and it is purely a tax on land within Entry 49 of the State List and not a tax on minerals rights within Entry 50 of the State List

Goodricke Group Ltd. and ors. Vs. State of W.B. and ors.

Court : Supreme Court of India

Subject : Constitution

Acts : West Bengal Taxation Laws (Second Amendment) Act, 1989 - Sections 2 and 3; West Bengal Rural Employment and Production Act, 1976 - Sections 3, 4(2A), 4(3), 4(4) and 4B; Constitution of India - Article 14; Tea Act, 1953 - Sections 16B(1), 16C, 16D and 25(1); West Bengal Primary Education Act, 1953 - Sections 78(2A)

Reported in : 1995(50)ECC138; JT1994(7)SC577; 1994(4)SCALE1138; 1995Supp(1)SCC707; [1994]Supp6SCR120; [1995]98STC32(SC)

to be tax on lands. The referred to the declarations by the Parliament in Section 2 of the Tea Act, 1953 to the effect that it was expedient in public interest that Union should take under its control the … posted before us. Whether the Impugned Levy is a Levy upon the Lands within the meaning of Entry. 49, List-II, Scheduled VIII of the Constitution?9. The first and the main submission of the learned Counsel for the

Mineral Area Development Authority Etc. Vs. M/s Steel Authority Of Ind ...

Court : Supreme Court of India

Subject : Land Acquisition

segment.309. The other issue in Goodricke (supra) was the effect of the declaration in Section 2 of the Tea Act 1953 on the competence of the State legislature to levy the land cess. Parliament had enacted the Tea Act … bounds of the Constitution, to raise adequate revenues for the welfare of the people. I. Scope of Entry 49 i. Land System in India 250. The issue is whether the State legislatures are competent to levy a

The Belsund Sugar Co. Ltd. Vs. the State of Bihar and ors. Etc.

Court : Supreme Court of India

Subject : Commercial

Acts : Bihar Agricultural Produce Markets Act, 1960 - Sections 2(1), 3(1) 4, 5, 7, 12, 13, 15, 18, 25, 27, 28, 29, 31, 32, 39, 40, 42, 43, 44, 46, 48, 49, 50(1), 51, 52 and 58 - Rule 82; Bihar Sugarcane(Regulation of Supply & Purchase) Act, 1981; Bihar Agricultural Produce Markets Rules, 1975; Sugar(Control) Order, 1966; Sugar(Packing & Marking) Order, 1970; Sugar(Restriction on Movement) Order, 1970; Indian Contract Act, 1872 - Sections 72; Constitution of India - Articles 19(1), 132(1), 133(1), 142, 145 and 254(1); Industries(Development and Regulation) Act, 1951; Rice Milling Industry(Regulation) Act, 1958 - Sections 6(1); Tea Act, 1953 - Sections 30(1); Essential Commodities Act, 1955 - Sections 3; Bihar Molasses(Control) Act, 1947; Bihar Sugarcane Act, 1979 - Bihar Sugarcane

Reported in : AIR1999SC3125; 1999(4)ARBLR502(SC); 1999(3)BLJR2191; JT1999(5)SC422; 1999(4)SCALE516; (1999)9SCC620; [1999]Supp1SCR146

the purchase and sale of tea were governed by the comprehensive provisions of the Central Act, namely, the Tea Act, 1953, the said Act would wholly govern transactions of purchase and sale of tea by the appellant and to … be specified in the notification, from the payment of such commission for prescribed period. xxxxx xxxxx xxxxx .40. Section 49 imposes Tax on Sugarcane which reads as follows:(1) The State Government may, by notification in the official Gazette,