Supreme Court of India

Gujarat Ambuja Cements Ltd. and Anr. v. Union of India and Anr.

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Reported as [2005] 2 S.C.R. 1038
Bench Ruma Pal and Arun Kumar JJ.
Decided 17 March 2005

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What the Court ordered

We hold that the law must be taken as having always been as is now brought about by the Finance Act, 2000.

Judgment, page 16

From the headnote

Constitution of India, 1950 : Seventh Schedule, List I, Entry 97, List JI, Entry 56-lmposition of service tax under provisions of Chapter V of Finance Act, 1994 on users of services rendered by goods transport operators and clearing and forwarding agents­ Held, valid-Subject matter of tax is not goods or passengers but the services of transportation itself-It is a levy distinct from the levy envisaged under Entry 56 of List 11---:-Chapter V of Finance Act, 1994 was enacted with reference to residuary power of Parliament as defined in Entry 97 of List I-Finance Act, 1994-ss. 65,66 and 68-

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Of those, 1 relied on · 1 referred to

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