Supreme Court · 2001 INSC 46 · Decided 24 January 2001
U.P. Pollution Control Board and ORS. v. Kanoria Industrial LTD. and ANR.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2001 INSC 46 · [2001] 1 S.C.R. 559
- Case number
- SPECIAL LEAVE PETITION (CIVIL) No. 4436/1998
- Decided
- 24 January 2001
- Bench
- S. RAJENDRA BABU, SHIVARAJ V. PATIL (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 226, 141
Headnote
B -~- Constitution of India, 1950: Article 226. Writ petition-Mandamus-Issue of-For refund of money- Maintainability of-Sugar industry and distillery-Water cess-Demand of- c Water cess paid under protest-But Supreme Court held sugar industries not . ~ ;..- liable to pay water cess-No action taken of money-Writ petition for refund of money allowed by High Court-Correctness of-lf.eld: Collection of money as water cess is illegal and without authority of ldw-There is no reason to deny relief of refund on· D principles of public interest and equity-Hence, writ petition demanding refund
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