Enemy Property liable to Municipal Taxes : SC Rules in Lucknow Nagar Nigam Case

Lucknow Nagar Nigam & Others Vs Kohli Brothers Colour Lab. Pvt. Ltd. & Others (Supreme Court of India) The Supreme Court of India recently delivered a landmark judgment in the case of Lucknow Nagar Nigam & Others vs. Kohli Brothers Colour Lab. Pvt. Ltd. & Others (Civil Appeal No. 2878 of 2024), clarifying the tax liability of “enemy property” under the Enemy Property Act, 1968. Key Issue: Whether “enemy property” vested with the Custodian under the Act is exempt from paying property taxes to municipal corporations. Facts of the Case: The dispute arose o...