Supreme Court of India

Augustan Textile Colours Limited (now Augustan Textile Colours Pvt Limited) v. Director of Industries & Anr

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Reported as [2022] 15 S.C.R. 104
Bench K. M. Joseph and Hrishikesh Roy JJ.
Decided 8 April 2022

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What the Court ordered

In view of the foregoing discussion, this Court, with the additional reasoning in the preceding paragraphs, is persuaded to uphold the impugned judgment of the High Court.

Judgment, page 20

From the headnote

Kerala General Sales Tax Act,1963 – s.10 – Sick Indus trial Companies (Special Provisions) Act, 1985 – ss.17,18, 19 and 20 – Tax exemption – The case involves the withdrawal of tax ex emption benefits granted to the appellant, who had revived a sick industri al unit under the Sick Industrial Companies Act – Gove rnment by exercising its power under Section 10(3) of the KGST Act, 1963 by an order of 2006 withdrew the exemption granted ear lier – This prompted the appellant to file a petition in the Hi gh Court challenging the 2006 order – The High Court doubted whether t he exemption could

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