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SCHOOL OF LAW
NARSEE MONJEE INSTITUTE IF MANAGEMENT STUDIES,
BENGULURU
CONSTITUTIONAL LAW CASE BREIF
SUBMITTED TO-
Pritam Ghosh
Assistant Professor of Law,
School Of Law
NMIMS
Bengaluru, Karnataka
SUBMITTED BY-
Parichaya Reddy.B
81021219018
BBA, LL. B(HONS)
NMIMS
SCHOOL OF LAW
Bengaluru, Karnataka.
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CONTENTS-
Bench
V Venkataramiah, E.S.(J)Reddy, O. Chinappa (J)Sen, A.P. (J)
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3. Petitioners argued that tax is levied for public interest and at that time Foreign Exchange Reserve
position of India was Comfortable at that time.
Workmanship 19(2) of the Indian Constitution discusses the sensible limitations and public interest is
one of the grounds of limitations. The Supreme Court illustrated two essential rules:
[i] Newspapers have as much option to be profited by the taxpayer supported organizations as different
businesses given that they likewise contribute a sensible measure of cash to the public authority through
taxes.
[ii] The taxation rate ought not be excessive.
For this situation, the Supreme Court saw that neither the candidates had the option to demonstrate the
over-the-top taxation rate nor the respondents had the option to counter it properly. It said that a "severe
weight of verification'" need not be released, thinking about obstruction with essential rights. The Court
taught the public authority to rethink the tax collection strategy by assessing whether it comprised an
unnecessary weight on the papers. The public authority's position that such a thought was unessential
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was off base and subsequently, the warning must be amended by bringing this factor into consideration.
Conclusion:
The press is supposed to be the Fourth mainstay of a country and, it is critical that the residents
consistently approach it. By forcing charges on the papers, the stockpile of papers around was seriously
influenced. The press holds the ability to change feelings and form minds, however when we force a
substantial duty on it then we are narrowing down the chance of it coming to an ever-increasing number
of individuals. The press can't be denied of their entitlement to opportunity of articulation by
overburdening it with charges. This would basically be the demise of democracy.
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