Offering relief to the Royal Western India Turf Club (RWITC), a two-judge bench of the Mumbai High Court, justices KR Shriram and Milind Jadhav ruled that the state government cannot levy any duty or entertainment tax on the mobile badge fees charged by the club to racegoers who wish to carry their mobiles inside the racecourse on a race day. 

The Maharashtra government had, vide a GR (general resolution) in 2001, levied duty on the mobile charges which the club challenged. The bench also ordered the money deposited by the club with the authorities to be refunded.

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