Supreme Court of India

State of Gujarat v. Arcelor Mittal Nippon Steel India Limited

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Reported as [2022] 12 S.C.R. 720
Bench M. R. Shah and Sanjiv Khanna JJ.
Decided 21 January 2022

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What the Court ordered

In view of the above and for the reasons stated above, the impugned common judgment and order passed by the High Court as well as that of the Tribunal quashing and setting aside the demand of purchase tax from the respondent are hereby quashed and set aside.

Judgment, page 41

From the headnote

Gujarat Sales Tax Act, 1969: s. 49(2), 45 – Exempti on from payment of sales tax – ESL-assessee dealer, a steel manufacturing unit made investments in the Scheme – ESL granted exemption from payment of purchase tax on raw materials for Naphtha and Natur al Gas as per Entry No. 255 of the Notification dated 05.03.1992, subject to fulfilling certain conditions – Amendmen t to Entry No. 255 vide two notifications – Under the said three Notifications, main requirements was that the eligible unit furnishes to the se lling dealer a certificate in Form No. 26 declaring that the goods shall be used

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