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The State of Jharkhand and Ors. v. Brahmputra Metallics Ltd., Ranchi and Anr.

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Reported as [2020] 14 S.C.R. 45
Bench Dr. Dhananjaya Y Chandrachud and Indu Malhotra JJ.
Decided 1 December 2020

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What the Court ordered

We hold that such a course of action by the State is arbitrary and is violative of Article.

Judgment, page 36

From the headnote

Bihar Electricity Duty Act, 1948 – s.9 – Jharkhand Industrial Policy, 2012 – The Industrial Policy 2012 was notified by the S tate government on 16.06.2012 providing an exemption fro m payment of 50 per cent of the electricity duty for a period of fi ve years – The policy envisaged that the industrial units will be entitled for reimbursement/payment of subsidy etc. under the different cate gories only from the next financial year of the date of production – I t was also stipulated in the policy that notifications enfo rcing the terms of the industrial policy would be issued within a period of

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Where later benches applied it

Of those, 1 relied on · 2 referred to · 8 mentioned

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