Mohan Lal Verma vs The State Of Uttar Pradesh And Anr. on 20 December, 1971
36. Sri S. C. Khare has relied on Meenakshi Mills Ltd. v. A. V. Viswanatha Sastri [1954] 26 I.T.R. 713 (S.C.), Budhan Choudhry v. State of Bihar [1955] 1 S.C.R. 1045, M. Ct. Muthiah v. Commissioner of Income-tax, Madras [1956] 29 I.T R. 390 (S.C.), Kunnathat Thathunni Moopil Nair v. State of Kerala [1961] 3 S.C.R. 77, K. S. Bhat v. Agricultural Income-tax Officer [1963] 48 I.T.R. 21 (S.C.), National Engineering Industries Ltd. v. Its Workmen [1963] 1 S.C.R. 779, Anandji Haridas and Company Ltd. v. S. P. Kushare [1968] 1 S.C.R. 661 and Income-tax Officer, Assam v. Lawrence Singh [1968] 68 I.T.R. 272 (S.C.). The provisions of law which were considered in those cases are different from Section 3-AB. In the first case the discrimination was sought to be justified on the basis of a date line. The second case is not a tax case. The third case deals with procedural discrimination in a taxing statute. In the fourth case a flat rate of tax was condemned. In the fifth case a taxation provision was held as not violative of Article 14. For historical reasons the classification was found reasonable and not discriminatory. The sixth case is not a tax case. The seventh and eighth cases relate to exemption clause in a taxing statute.