Supreme Court of India

Essar Steel Ltd. and Anr. v. Union of India and Ors.

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Reported as [2007] 4 S.C.R. 540
Bench S.H. Kapadia and B. Sudershan Reddy JJ.
Decided 29 March 2007

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What the Court ordered

We hold that the Department was not entitled to interest at the rate of 18% p.a. on Rs. 6.02 crores during the period G 28.10.1991 to 10.7.1997 under the interim order dated 9.9.1991 of this Court, quoted above.

Judgment, page 7

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