HC Notice on plea against demand of Additional 9% Token Tax on Motor Vehicles despite payment of life-time Tax

Zahoor Ahmad Bhat Vs Hirdesh Kumar (Jmmu And Kashmir High Court)

The Division Bench judgment of this court dated 29.4.2021 passed in WP(C) No. 669/2021 connected with WP(C) No. 777/2021 inter alia provides as under:

i) That a vehicle once registered in any state of India, shall not be required to be registered elsewhere in India;

ii) However, a motor vehicle registered in one state and, if kept for a period exceeding 12 months in another state, shall apply to the Registering Authority of the new state for the assignment of the new registration mark; and

iii) Where the life time tax has been levied and paid on a motor vehicle at the point of the registration of a vehicle, no further tax can be levied and demanded on the said vehicle, on it being removed from one state to another.

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