{"id":51701,"date":"2018-02-25T16:03:54","date_gmt":"2018-02-25T10:33:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/?p=51701"},"modified":"2018-02-25T16:03:54","modified_gmt":"2018-02-25T10:33:54","slug":"govt-appointed-toll-collection-firms-need-pay-stamp-duty-bombay-high-court","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/govt-appointed-toll-collection-firms-need-pay-stamp-duty-bombay-high-court","title":{"rendered":"Govt-appointed toll collection firms need to pay stamp duty: Bombay High Court"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/02\/bhc.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" data-attachment-id=\"51702\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/govt-appointed-toll-collection-firms-need-pay-stamp-duty-bombay-high-court\/bhc-3\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/02\/bhc.jpg?fit=302%2C201&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"302,201\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"bhc\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/02\/bhc.jpg?fit=302%2C201&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-51702\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/02\/bhc.jpg?resize=300%2C200&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/02\/bhc.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/02\/bhc.jpg?resize=150%2C100&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/02\/bhc.jpg?w=302&amp;ssl=1 302w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\u00a0The Bombay High Court has said private firms appointed by the government for octroi and toll collection from vehicles have to pay stamp duty.<\/p>\n<p>A division bench of justices S C Dharmadhikari and Bharati Dangre was recently hearing a petition alleging non-payment of stamp duty amounting to crores of rupees since 2005 by a private firm which was appointed by seven municipal corporations in Maharashtra for collection of octroi and toll.<\/p>\n<p>Relying on a judgement passed by the Supreme Court last month on a similar issue, the high court said the octroi collecting contractors have to pay stamp duty under the provisions of the Bombay Stamp Act. &#8220;Such agreements between the civic body concerned and private companies cannot escape stamp duty,&#8221; it said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The Supreme Court has already decided the issue. 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