Supreme Court of India

State of Gujarat & Others v. Essar Oil Limited and Another

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Reported as [2012] 2 S.C.R. 1127
Bench Asok Kumar Ganguly and Jagdish Singh Khehar JJ.
Decided 17 January 2012

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Sales Tax - Tax incentive scheme - For new industrial units - Units seeking benefit under the scheme were required to commence commercial production within a particular time frame - Respondent sought to set up a new Oil refinery project - Pipelines for the project were required to be laid through forest land including national park and sanctuary area - Respondent could not obtain requisite permission/licence from the State Government for laying down the pipelines in view of injunction/restraint orders passed by the High Court. in certain PILs - High Court orders subsequently set aside by

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