{
  "id": 18105404,
  "title": "Supreme Court upholds States’ power to levy additional sales tax, says case has become academic",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/04/supreme-court-upholds-states-power-to-levy-additional-sales-tax-says",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-04T10:06:32.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Hindu",
    "slug": "the-hindu",
    "url": "https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/supreme-court-upholds-states-power-to-levy-additional-sales-tax-says-case-has-become-academic/article71664975.ece"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The seven-judge Bench, led by CJI Surya Kant, said the reference in the Orissa Sales Tax Act case no longer requires adjudication since the challenged provisions have been amended and GST governs the issue moving forward",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Free Press Journal",
        "title": "Supreme Court Upholds 1974 Ruling On States' Additional Sales Tax Powers",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/04/supreme-court-upholds-1974-ruling-on-states-additional-sales-tax",
        "published": "2026-11-04T08:52:48.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}