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Rticle 265 of The Constitution Mandates That No Tax Shall Be Levied or Collected Except by The Authority of Law
Rticle 265 of The Constitution Mandates That No Tax Shall Be Levied or Collected Except by The Authority of Law
Rticle 265 of The Constitution Mandates That No Tax Shall Be Levied or Collected Except by The Authority of Law
such List. One cannot travel beyond the power conferred under
the said Article.
Taxes are levied and collected to meet the cost of governance,
safety, security and for welfare of the economically weaker
sections of the Society. It is well established that the Legislature
enjoys a wide latitude in the matter of selection of persons,
subject-matter, events, etc., for taxation. The tests of the vice of
discrimination in a taxing law are less rigorous. It is well
established that the Legislature is promulgated to exercise an
extremely wide discretion in classifying for tax purposes, so long
as it refrains from clear and hostile discrimination against
particular persons or classes.