In cases concerning Union-state relations, the Court upheld states’ power to tax minerals, regulate alcohol & sub-classify SC/ST categories

Among the many landmark decisions of this year, we pick the ones that could potentially impact large constituencies of the population

The retrospective application of the decision to allow states to tax mines and minerals could have first- and second-order economic impacts

In July, after summer vacation, the top court closed a long-pending case on mineral royalty and denied a retest of the 2024 NEET UG exam

A nine-judge bench in one of the longest pending cases confirmed that only states have the power to tax mineral-bearing land

The Constitution Bench of the SC upheld the state governments’ power to tax mines and minerals in an 8:1 majority. Why does this matter?