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Understanding the State’s Power to Tax Mining Activities | UPSC

Introduction In a recent landmark judgment, a nine-judge bench of the Supreme Court has ruled that Indian states possess the authority to tax mining activities and that the collection of ‘royalties’ from mining leaseholders does not constitute a tax.  This decision overturns the Supreme Court’s earlier stance from the 1989 case of India Cements Ltd. […]

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Legal Aspects of President and Governor Immunity | UPSC

Introduction A three-judge bench, presided over by Chief Justice of India D.Y. Chandrachud, is currently deliberating a case challenging the absolute ‘criminal immunity’ granted to the President and Governors under Article 361 of the Indian Constitution.  The bench has involved the Union government and requested input from the Attorney General of India to determine whether

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