Supreme Court of India

State of U.P. & Ors. v. Deepak Fertilizers & Petrochemical Corporation Ltd.

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Reported as [2007] 6 S.C.R. 525
Bench T Arun Chatterjee and V .S. Sirpurkar JJ.
Decided 14 May 2007

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We hold that the product ofNPK 23:23:0 is also a similar commodity within the meaning of the notification of exemption dated I 0th April, 1995.

Judgment, page 11

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U.P. Trade Tax Act 1948-s.25, proviso-Tax on sale of chemical fertilizers-Exemption granted by Notification in regard to fertilizer sold by Respondent-Held: Could not be withdrawn with retrospective effect by issuance of subsequent notification superseding the earlier notification since it amounted to increasing the tax liability of Respondent with retrospective effect, which could not be done in view of proviso to s.25-Subsequent notification also discriminatory being not able to strike a rational balance of classification between items of the same category since fertilizer sold by

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