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Supreme Court Upholds Entry Tax on Imported Car, Allows Installment Payments The Supreme Court dismissed the petitioner's challenge to the imposition of entry tax on a Toyota Prado car imported from the Gulf. Despite the financial ...
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The Supreme Court dismissed the petitioner's challenge to the imposition of entry tax on a Toyota Prado car imported from the Gulf. Despite the financial hardship plea, the Court directed the petitioner to pay the entry tax and interest in 10 equal monthly instalments, starting from a specified date. The Court emphasized the government's taxing power but allowed for installment payments due to the petitioner's financial constraints. Failure to comply for two consecutive months would enable the respondents to proceed with recovery without reference to the judgment.
Issues involved: Challenge to imposition of entry tax, financial hardship plea, payment of entry tax in instalments, judicial review of government action.
Challenge to imposition of entry tax: The petitioner imported a 'Toyota Prado' car from the Gulf in 1999 and challenged the imposition of entry tax by the respondents. The matter went to the Supreme Court, where the petitioner's challenge failed. Subsequently, the Department demanded the petitioner to pay the entry tax along with interest.
Financial hardship plea: The petitioner pleaded financial hardship in paying the entry tax and interest demanded by the Department. The petitioner sought relief due to financial constraints.
Payment of entry tax in instalments: The Government Pleader submitted that the petitioner must pay the entire amount. However, considering the petitioner's persistent plea of being only a driver and the financial hardship plea, the Court directed that the petitioner could pay the entry tax in instalments. The petitioner requested 15 instalments, but the Court, citing Article 226 of the Constitution of India, directed the petitioner to pay in 10 equal monthly instalments starting from a specified date.
Judicial review of government action: The Court emphasized that it cannot interfere with the State's taxing power or recovery mechanism unless the government's action violates established legal principles of judicial review. The Court directed the petitioner to pay the entry tax with interest in instalments, warning that failure to pay for two consecutive months would allow the respondents to proceed without reference to the judgment.
This writ petition was disposed of with the direction for the petitioner to pay the entry tax and interest in 10 equal monthly instalments, starting from a specified date. The Court, while acknowledging the petitioner's financial hardship plea, upheld the government's power to demand payment but allowed for instalment payments to ease the burden.
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