Supreme Court of India

State of Punjab & Ors. v. M/s Punjab Spintex Ltd.

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Reported as [2024] 7 S.C.R. 745
Bench Vikram Nath and Prashant Kumar Mishra JJ.
Decided 15 July 2024

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What the Court ordered

In view of the aforesaid, holding that the exemption from Market fees is inclusive of Rural Development fees shall be contrary to the statutory provisions and objective behind both the Acts as well as the 2003 Policy.

Judgment, page 10

From the headnote

Issue for Consideration Whether the exemption from payment of Market Fee, granted under the Industrial Policy, 2003, of the Punjab Government, can be said to include exemption from Rural Development Fee. Headnotes† Market Fees – Scope of Exemption in relation to fees collected under two different statutes – Explained: Held: The preamble of the Punjab Agricultural Produce Markets Act, 1961, which governs the collection of market Fee, clearly stipulates that it is a statute to provide for law relating to better regulation of purchase, sale, storage and processing of agricultural produce and for

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