STATE OF A.P. vs IND NATALI GRANITE LTD.

The Supreme Court upheld the validity of amendments made to the District Boards Act, 1955, allowing the State to levy cess on mining leases, rejecting the High Court's ruling that the amendments were ultra vires. The Court clarified that the legislature has the competence to amend laws to remove invalidities identified by the judiciary, and that the Parliament is not bound to use identical language in validation Acts. The appeal was allowed, and the High Court's judgments were set aside.