WIRE — According to a nine-judge bench of the Supreme Court, royalty is not a tax, and it is a contractual and financial consideration paid by a lessee to a lessor for the privilege of removing minerals, not a compulsory exaction or tax. This bill, however, states that â no tax, cess or such other levy (by whatever name called) shall be imposed by the state government on mineral rightsâ
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