Supreme Court · 2002 INSC 219 · Decided 23 April 2002
State of U.P. and ORS. v. M/S. Sitapur Packing Wood Suppliers ETC.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2002 INSC 219 · [2002] 3 S.C.R. 345
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 3974/1986
- Decided
- 23 April 2002
- Bench
- Y.K. SABHARWAL, K.G. BALAKRISHNAN (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
Headnote
B "' U.P. Transit of Timber and Other Forest Produce Rules, 1978-Rule 5- • Transit fee on forest produce-Levy of-Validity- in the instant case, High Court holding transit fee invalid in absence of quid pro quo-On appeal held, c transit fee being regulatory and not compensatory, it is not on the ground that quid pro quo has not been established-Indian Forest Act, 1927. Writ Petitions were filed before the High Court challenging the validity of levy of transit fee on the forest produce under Rule 5 of U.P. Transit of D Timber and Other Forest Produce Rules, 1978. High Court
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