Bombay High Court Allows Petitions Challenging Cancellation of FL-3 Licenses for Non-Payment of License Fees — Held that License Fee is Not a Tax and Arrears Cannot Be Recovered Under the Maharashtra Land Revenue Code. The court quashed cancellation orders and directed restoration of licenses, ruling that recovery of license fee arrears must follow the procedure under the Bombay Prohibition Act, 1949 and not the Maharashtra Land Revenue Code, 1966.
28 Nov 2016The petitioners, holders of FL-3 licenses for retail sale of foreign liquor, challenged the cancellation of their licenses by the State Excise authori...
