Constitutional law experts may enlighten the Indian public as to whether the Supreme Court's order levying a tax (called cess in this case) on diesel vehicle buyers of a certain class is intra vires of the Constitution.
In a democracy, the elected legislature alone is competent to impose a tax or authorise spending of public funds.
Are we proving that we cannot run a democracy?
P S Pandyan, Chennai
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