Supreme Court of India

Ranbaxy Laboratories Ltd. v. Municipal Council, Ropar

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Reported as [2006] SUPP. 8 S.C.R. 360
Bench Dr. Ar. Lakshmanan and Tarun Chatterjee JJ.
Decided 2 November 2006

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What the Court ordered

In the result, the judgment passed by the High Court in R.S.A. No. 704 of 2005 is set aside and the High Court is requested to dispose of the Second Appeal as expeditiously as possible.

Judgment, page 5

From the headnote

Punjab Municipal Committee Act: Schedule, Entries 40(a) and 40(e)­ Commercial Heavy Chemicals-Octroi duty-Levy of-Assessee paying octroi duty under Entry 40(a) for 13 continuous years-Revenue seeking classification under Entry 40(e)-High Court holding in favour of revenue-Correctness of-Held: Not correct as burden to prove that a product falls under a particular tariff item is on revenue which it failed to discharge-Matter remitted to High Court for fresh consideration. The appellant had been paying octroi duty on Commercial Heavy Chemicals brought by it to its factory continuously for 13

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