Believe it or not, Kolkata’s famous Eden Gardens – the oldest and second-largest cricket stadium in India and the third-largest in the world – is not a ‘public place’.

The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed the Kolkata Municipal Corporation's (KMC) petition challenging the Calcutta High Court’s order quashing a demand notice claiming Rs 51.18 lakhs from Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB) on account of advertisement tax for the 1996 Cricket World Cup held at Eden Gardens.

A Bench of Justice Vikram Nath and Justice Sandeep Mehta upheld the high court’s verdict that said Eden Gardens can’t be held to be a ‘public place’ for the purposes of levying advertisement tax under the Kolkata Municipal Corporation Act, 1980.

The top court upheld the high court’s verdict that said the public didn’t h

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