1998 (4) TMI 513 - HC - VAT and Sales Tax

Summary

The Karnataka High Court allowed writ appeals filed by the State against a judgment allowing writ petitions challenging an amendment to the Karnataka Tax on Entry of Goods Act. The Court held that the amendment Act, deleting section 28, without the President's assent is unconstitutional. The judgment in Arun Manikchand Shah v. State of Karnataka is no longer valid. The writ petitioners are allowed to pay the tax in two instalments.