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Levy/fee

Levy/fee legal meaning, translation and judicial precedents.

Meaning & Judicial Interpretation: (اردو مفہوم اور قانونی تشریح)

2017 PTD 83 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE Judicial Precedent
Determining factor

For a levy to be a fee, relation between the purpose and the persons on whom the levy is being exacted has to be established

Levy is a common burden and a compulsory exaction of money for raising revenue and expending it for the purpose of public revenue of the State.

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Precedents & Case Laws citing "Levy/fee"

YLR 2025
2023-September-21

2025 Y L R 266

M/s R-SC Internet Services Pakistan (Pvt) Ltd. through Assistant Manager and another — Petitioners Versus Federation of pakistan through Secretary Ministry of Defence, Rawalpindi and others — Respondents

Court: Peshawar
CLC 2007
2006-November-13

2007 C L C 587

SHABBIR HUSSAIN — Petitioner Versus T.M.A. and others — Respondents

Court: Lahore
YLR 2008
Writ Petition No.2361 of 2006/BWP, decided on 13th November, 2006.

2008 Y L R 1889

SHABBIR HUSSAIN — Petitioner Versus TEHSIL MUNICIPAL ADMINISTRATION, RAHIMYAR KHAN through Nazim and 3 others — Respondents

Court: Lahore
CLC 2000
Writ Petition No. 16422 of 1996, decided on 29th February, 2000.

2000 C L C 1062

Messrs ELEGANT FOOTWEAR (PVT.) LTD. ‑‑‑Petitioner Versus SECRETARY TO GOVERNMENT OE PUNJAB,

Court: Lahore
CLC 1996
Constitutional Petition No.D‑1215 of 1993, decided on 22nd August, 1995

1996 C L C 1042

LIMITED, KARACHI‑‑‑Petitioner Versus THE FEDERATION OF PAKISTAN through Secretary

Court: Karachi
MLD 2022
2022-May-31

2022 M L D 1938

QURESHI TEXTILE MILLS LIMITED through Assistant Manager — Petitioner Versus DISTRICT COUNCIL, CHAK SHAHANA ROAD, KHANEWAL through Chairman and another — Respondents

Court: Lahore (Multan Bench)
PLD 2021
N/A

P L D 2021 Lahore 108

The BANK OF KHYBER through Authorized Attorneys — Petitioner Versus MUNICIPAL CORPORATION GUJRAT through Mayor Nasir Mehmood and 2 others — Respondents

Court: High Court
CLD 2021
N/A

2021 C L D 340

The BANK OF KHYBER through Authorized Attorneys — Petitioner Versus MUNICIPAL CORPORATION GUJRAT through Mayor Nasir Mehmood and 2 others — Respondents

Court: Lahore
PLD 1998
Writ Petitions Nos. 105 of 1976, 690, 691 of 1993, 168, 192, 276 of 1994 and 504 and 596 of 1996; decided on 31st July, 1997.

P L D 1998 Peshawar 15

Messrs SAIF TEXTILE MILLS LIMITED‑‑‑Petitioner Versus PAKISTAN through Secretary, Finance

Court: ‑‑‑‑S. 15‑‑‑Companies Ordinance (XLVII of 1984), Preamble‑‑‑Workers' Children (Education) Ordinance (XI of 1972), S.4‑‑‑Constitution of Pakistan (1973), Art.70(4) & Fourth Sched., Entries Nos.16 & 17‑‑‑Vires of Finance Act, 1992‑‑‑Section 15, Finance Act, 1992 whereby Federal Government was empowered to levy fee for education on specified companies was challenged to be ultra vires of Fourth Sched. to Art.70(4) of the Constitution‑‑‑Federal or Concurrent Legislative Lists indicated that subject of education was not included therein‑‑‑Though Serial No.16 of Federal Legislative List describes, "Federal Agencies and Institutes for research, for professional or technical training, or for promotion of special studies"; and entry at Serial No.17 adds, "Education as respects Pakistan students in foreign countries and foreign students in Pakistan", yet such entries had no nexus with subject of education covered by impugned fee‑‑‑Education being Provincial matter, Federal Government could frame no legislation thereabout, for it did not fall either under Federal Legislative List or Concurrent Legislative List‑‑‑Any law made by Legislature conflicting, with the provisions of the Constitution was void, for law‑making power was always subject to the provisions of the Constitution‑‑‑Impugned impost made by Federal Government beyond the legislative powers specified by the Constitution could rightly be declared as ultra vires the Constitution‑‑‑Nothing was found in impugned provision of law to show that fee was levied for some special services rendered or to be rendered to petitioners (Companies)‑‑‑Petitioners were already paying education fee at specified rate per worker per annum to Provincial Government under Workers' Children (Education) Act, 1972‑--For creating any liability, there should be a parent law in that field‑‑‑No parent law was in existence for charging education fee‑‑‑Fixation of fee in question, through rules, was, thus, violative of the Constitution‑‑‑Provision of S.15, Finance Act, 1992, was, therefore, declared to be unlawful, without jurisdiction and repugnant to the provisions of the Constitution. ‑‑Vires of legislation.
YLR 2004
Writ Petitions Nos. 1996, 1311, 1432 and 2233 of 2003, decided on 14th July, 2003.

2004 Y L R 366

Messrs SHAMIM & CO. ‑‑‑Petitioner Versus TEHSIL MUNICIPAL ADMINISTRATION, MULTAN CITY through Nazim and 2 others‑‑‑Respondents

Court: High Court