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The Supreme Court verdict on States’ power to tax mining activities | Explained

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In an overwhelming majority of 8:1, the top court declared that the royalty charged on mining is not a tax and that States are competent to levy taxes on mineral rights. What issues were in consideration in this decades-old case? What do the majority and dissenting opinions stipulate?

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