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    Karnataka HC quashes State RTO Order for outside registered vehicles

    The Karnataka High Court has declared the law that forced vehicles with outside registration to pay tax within 30 days as unconstitutional.

    The Karnataka Government had earlier made a law which ensured that a person who stayed in the state with a vehicle registered in another state for more than 30 days would have to pay lifetime tax in Karnataka again.

    This law has been used for some time now to harass people from outside states with vehicles registered in other states. This ruling by the Karnataka HC will make life easier for many people who are working in the state, especially in the capital city of Bangalore.

    Justice Anand Byrareddy quashed the demand notices issued by the RTOs to owners.

    A welcome judgement by the HC!

    Source: HC quashes law on vehicles registered outside Karnataka - The Hindu
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    Re: Karnataka HC quashes State RTO Order for outside registered vehicles

    Originally posted by The Monk View Post
    A welcome judgement by the HC!

    Source: HC quashes law on vehicles registered outside Karnataka - The Hindu
    How long can they stay now without paying taxes?

    Perhaps, I'll buy vehicles from Goa or Puducherry now onwards if feasible.
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      Re: Karnataka HC quashes State RTO Order for outside registered vehicles

      Originally posted by Freak inExile View Post
      How long can they stay now without paying taxes?

      Perhaps, I'll buy vehicles from Goa or Puducherry now onwards if feasible.
      You do pay taxes. But to the home state.

      11 months is the standard across the country, i would assume it would now be the same for Karnataka as well. But you will have to crosscheck that information.
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        Re: Karnataka HC quashes State RTO Order for outside registered vehicles

        Awesome!! But I still see them noting vehicle numbers at traffic intersection

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          Re: Karnataka HC quashes State RTO Order for outside registered vehicles

          Originally posted by Bootlegger View Post
          Awesome!! But I still see them noting vehicle numbers at traffic intersection
          Yes they might continue to do that. The best bet is to keep an attested copy of the judgement note(which will be available soon) with you always and stick it to their throat.
          I wish the Karnataka police and RTO were like the rest of the Karnataka people.
          Ride, ride and ride.. But always do it responsibly..

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            Re: Karnataka HC quashes State RTO Order for outside registered vehicles

            Originally posted by Bootlegger View Post
            Awesome!! But I still see them noting vehicle numbers at traffic intersection
            I've seen some taking photos.
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              Re: Karnataka HC quashes State RTO Order for outside registered vehicles

              This is welcome but still according to the law one has to pay tax in the state where the vehicle is used. This whole problem arises because of the liefetime tax for every registration which is difficult to say the least to transfer. If they change the vehicle tax period to every year or every two years then people can just pay the tax where they use it and we will have no such issues.

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                Re: Karnataka HC quashes State RTO Order for outside registered vehicles

                Originally posted by sparky View Post
                This is welcome but still according to the law one has to pay tax in the state where the vehicle is used. This whole problem arises because of the liefetime tax for every registration which is difficult to say the least to transfer. If they change the vehicle tax period to every year or every two years then people can just pay the tax where they use it and we will have no such issues.
                That ll end up like insurance. Most people wont pay and bribe the cops. RTO will financially go down and so they ll never do that. :P
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                Maneesh S

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                  Re: Karnataka HC quashes State RTO Order for outside registered vehicles

                  It is in US like that. They pay taxes annually. At least in some states.

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                    Re: Karnataka HC quashes State RTO Order for outside registered vehicles

                    Originally posted by Freak inExile View Post
                    Perhaps, I'll buy vehicles from Goa or Puducherry now onwards if feasible.
                    That's one reason why the rto fines outstation vehicles. People abusing and circumventing the law are dime a dozen .. don't be one.

                    I remember back in the 90's quiet a few cars in chennai ran with PY (pondicherry) registration. I was a kid back then so did not know about all the taxes n stuff.
                    When i asked a driver of my cousins why some cars had 'py' , he told me that cars were significantly cheaper in pondy and so some folks buy it there.
                    Later on the rules were tightened and slowly the PY vehicles vanished from the roads.

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                    Originally posted by sparky View Post
                    This is welcome but still according to the law one has to pay tax in the state where the vehicle is used. This whole problem arises because of the liefetime tax for every registration which is difficult to say the least to transfer. If they change the vehicle tax period to every year or every two years then people can just pay the tax where they use it and we will have no such issues.
                    There is provision to claim refund of the tax paid from the current registered state, that way you do not end up paying double tax.
                    Though the process might be frustrating (govt offices eh.. you know the reasons) so not many know or opt for a refund.

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                      Re: Karnataka HC quashes State RTO Order for outside registered vehicles

                      Originally posted by s1d View Post
                      That's one reason why the rto fines outstation vehicles. People abusing and circumventing the law are dime a dozen .. don't be one.
                      That's exactly my point.
                      People all over Karnataka including villages pay lifetime road tax* while we from other states get to keep our out of state vehicles longer.

                      I guess RTOs should give an online/offline-payment provision for monthly, quaterly, half-yearly, yearly road taxes.

                      * Leave corruption out of it.
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