India Supreme Court Upholds States’ Pre-GST Power to Levy Additional Tax
A seven-judge Constitution Bench reaffirmed states’ authority to impose an additional tax, surcharge or cess calculated on an existing sales tax, resolving a legal question that had remained unsettled for nearly three decades.
NEW DELHI, Nov. 4 -- The Supreme Court on Wednesday reaffirmed states' power to impose an additional tax, surcharge or cess calculated on an existing sales tax, settling a legal question that had remained unresolved for nearly three decades. A seven-judge Constitution Bench upheld a 1974 judgment t…