Increase in Property Tax Rates Raises Chennai Corporation’s Revenue
Recently the Chennai Corporation finalised an action plan for the augmentation of its source of revenue following a Comptroller and Auditor General...
![Non-Providing of Accountant General Report on which, Property Tax is Demanded Amounts to Natural Justice Violation: Karnataka HC Grants Relief to Rockline Entertainments [Read Order]](https://www.taxscan.in/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Property-Tax-Accountant-General-Report-Natural-Justice-Violation-Rockline-Entertainments-Karnataka-HC-Karnataka-High-Court-taxscan.jpg "Non-Providing of Accountant General Report on which, Property Tax is Demanded Amounts to Natural Justice Violation: Karnataka HC Grants Relief to Rockline Entertainments [Read Order]")
![Chennai Corporation Fails to Issue Notice before Reassessment u/s 137B of Municipal Corporation Act: Madras HC sets aside Order to Remit Property Tax Arrears [Read Order]](https://www.taxscan.in/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Chennai-Corporation-Fails-to-Issue-Notice-Chennai-Corporation-Reassessment-Notice-Municipal-Corporation-Act-Madras-Highcourt-Property-Tax-Arrears-.jpg "Chennai Corporation Fails to Issue Notice before Reassessment u/s 137B of Municipal Corporation Act: Madras HC sets aside Order to Remit Property Tax Arrears [Read Order]")
![Official Liquidator Liable to Discharge Arrears of Property Tax and Water Tax being Post-Liquidation Liability: SC [Read Order]](https://www.taxscan.in/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Official-Liquidator-Liable-to-Discharge-Arrears-of-Property-Tax-and-Water-Tax-Official-Liquidator-Arrears-of-Property-Tax-and-Water-Tax-Post-Liquidation-Liability-Post-Liquidation-Supreme-Court-Taxscan.jpg "Official Liquidator Liable to Discharge Arrears of Property Tax and Water Tax being Post-Liquidation Liability: SC [Read Order]")
Bombay HC rejects Plea of Housing Society against Retrospective Property Tax Levy by Panvel Municipal Corporation [Read Order]
The Bombay High Court had recently upheld the levy of property tax by Panvel Municipal Corporation (PMC), while the plea against the retrospective levy was raised by the Kharghar Co-Operative Housing...
![Bombay HC rejects Plea of Housing Society against Retrospective Property Tax Levy by Panvel Municipal Corporation [Read Order]](https://www.taxscan.in/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Bombay-Highcourt-Housing-Society-Property-Tax-Panvel-Municipal-Corporation-taxscan.jpg "Bombay HC rejects Plea of Housing Society against Retrospective Property Tax Levy by Panvel Municipal Corporation [Read Order]")
Property Tax Demand: Madras HC directs Coimbatore Municipal Corporation to pay Rs. 10 Lakhs to Cancer Institute for Non-Compliance of Order for De-sealing and Restoration of Services
“This court is mystified as to how an Order could be incorporated without the officer having read the same in the first place” the Madras High Court Bench of Dr Justice Anita Sumanth commented while...
Taxability of Property can't be challenged when Title to property is under dispute: Andhra Pradesh HC [Read Order]
The Andhra Pradesh High Court, while hearing a writ petition has held that the taxability of property can't be challenged when the title to property is under dispute. The Deputy Commissioner...
Payment of Property Tax does not give encroacher any Right to Squat over Forest/Municipal Land: Himachal Pradesh HC [Read Order]
A Division Bench of the Himachal Pradesh High Court has recently held that, the notice of eviction served to the petitioner upon finding that he has encroached into forest land in Shimla town cannot...
![Payment of Property Tax does not give encroacher any Right to Squat over Forest/Municipal Land: Himachal Pradesh HC [Read Order]](https://www.taxscan.in/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Payment-of-Property-Tax-Right-to-Squat-over-Forest-Municipal-Land-Himachal-Pradesh-High-Court-Taxscan.jpg "Payment of Property Tax does not give encroacher any Right to Squat over Forest/Municipal Land: Himachal Pradesh HC [Read Order]")