{"id":79583,"date":"2006-12-20T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2006-12-19T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/kalyan-silks-trichur-pvt-ltd-vs-the-state-of-kerala-on-20-december-2006"},"modified":"2016-01-05T02:09:40","modified_gmt":"2016-01-04T20:39:40","slug":"kalyan-silks-trichur-pvt-ltd-vs-the-state-of-kerala-on-20-december-2006","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/kalyan-silks-trichur-pvt-ltd-vs-the-state-of-kerala-on-20-december-2006","title":{"rendered":"Kalyan Silks Trichur Pvt.Ltd vs The State Of Kerala on 20 December, 2006"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"docsource_main\">Kerala High Court<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_title\">Kalyan Silks Trichur Pvt.Ltd vs The State Of Kerala on 20 December, 2006<\/div>\n<pre>       \n\n  \n\n  \n\n \n \n  IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM\n\nWP(C) No. 5074 of 2006(D)\n\n\n1. KALYAN SILKS TRICHUR PVT.LTD.,\n                      ...  Petitioner\n\n                        Vs\n\n\n\n1. THE STATE OF KERALA, REPRESENTED BY\n                       ...       Respondent\n\n2. ADDITIONAL SALES TAX OFFICER,\n\n3. INTELLIGENCE INSPECTOR,\n\n                For Petitioner  :SRI.A.KUMAR\n\n                For Respondent  : No Appearance\n\nThe Hon'ble MR. Justice P.R.RAMAN\n\n Dated :20\/12\/2006\n\n O R D E R\n                                P.R.RAMAN, J.\n\n                         ```````````````````````````\n\n                       W.P.(C) NO. 5074 OF 2006\n\n                         ```````````````````````````\n\n           Dated this the 20th day of December, 2006\n\n\n                               J U D G M E N T\n<\/pre>\n<p>      In   the   light   of   the   decision   of   the   Division   Bench   in<\/p>\n<p>Thressiama v. State of Kerala &amp; Another (O.P. No.434\/1996)<\/p>\n<p>and  connected  cases,  it  has to be   held  that  levy of  Entry Tax  is<\/p>\n<p>illegal   and   unconstitutional.     In   view   of   the   above   decision,   this<\/p>\n<p>writ   petition   is   allowed   declaring   that  the  petitioner  is   not   liable<\/p>\n<p>for payment of Entry Tax.\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>      The writ petition is allowed as above.<\/p>\n<p>                                                         P.R.RAMAN, JUDGE<\/p>\n<p>Rp<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kerala High Court Kalyan Silks Trichur Pvt.Ltd vs The State Of Kerala on 20 December, 2006 IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM WP(C) No. 5074 of 2006(D) 1. KALYAN SILKS TRICHUR PVT.LTD., &#8230; Petitioner Vs 1. THE STATE OF KERALA, REPRESENTED BY &#8230; Respondent 2. ADDITIONAL SALES TAX OFFICER, 3. 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