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Royalty Is Tax, States Have No Right To Tax Mineral Rights : Justice Nagarathna's Dissent
The Supreme Court nine-judge bench headed by Chief Justice of India, Dr D.Y. Chandrachud and comprising Justices Hrishikesh Roy, Abhay Oka, BV Nagarathna, JB Pardiwala, Manoj Misra, Ujjal Bhuyan, SC Sharma and AG Masih, by 8:1, held that royalty charged by …