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Issues: Whether the petitioner's exhibition premises at the Bangalore International Exhibition Centre, after the 2012 amendment to the Karnataka Tax on Luxuries Act, 1979, fell within the expanded definition of "marriage hall" and was therefore liable to luxury tax; and whether the impugned assessment order and demand notice were liable to be quashed.
Analysis: The amended definition of "marriage hall" in section 2(5B) was read as ening the tax net to include not only traditional marriage venues but also buildings, parts of buildings, temporary structures, and properties used for official, social, or business functions, including exhibitions and similar activities. On that footing, the charges collected for use of the exhibition halls were treated as charges for luxury provided in a covered premises, making the charging provision in section 3C applicable. The earlier Division Bench decision in the petitioner's own case was treated as having been neutralized by the 2012 amendment, and the court accepted the State's position that the amended statutory scheme brought exhibition halls within taxability. The petitioner's alternative constitutional challenge was not accepted in the face of the amended text and its application to the facts.
Conclusion: The premises were held liable to luxury tax under the amended Act, and the challenge to the assessment order and demand notice failed.
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