Supreme Court of India

State of U.P. and Ors. v. Vam Organic Chemicals Ltd. and Ors.

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Reported as [2003] SUPP. 4 S.C.R. 957

Bench Ruma Pal and B.N. Srikrishna JJ.

Decided 17 October 2003

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What the Court ordered

We are of the view that the State Government is competent to levy fee for the purpose of ensuring that' industrial alcohol is not surreptitiously converted into potable alcohol so F that the State is deprived of revenue on the sale of such potable alcohol and the public is protected from consuming such illicit liquor.

Judgment, page 19

Authorities it was built on

1971 Indian Mica & Micanite Industries Lid. v. State of Bihar & Ors. cited by 10
1988 Anil Kumar Neotia and Ors. v. Union of India & Ors. cited by 5

Where later benches applied it

2015 State of Tamil Nadu &anr. v. Tvl. South Indian Sugar Mills Assn. & Ors. relied on
2024 State of U.P. & Ors v. M/s Lalta Prasad Vaish and Sons referred to
2022 State of Karnataka & Anr. Etc. v. State of Meghalaya & Anr. Etc. referred to
2019 The State of Jharkhand & Ors. v. M/s Ajanta Bottlers & Blenders Pvt. Ltd. referred to

Of those, 1 relied on · 3 referred to

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