State Of Gujarat vs. Reliance Industries Ltd. Etc

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ITEM NO.22 COURT NO.4 SECTION III

S U P R E M E C O U R T O F I N D I A RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS

Petition(s) for Special Leave to Appeal (Civil) No(s).18493-18515/2013

(From the judgement and order dated 21/01/2013 in SCA No.2846/2012, SCA No.4683/2012, SCA No.4690/2012, SCA No.4691/2012, SCA No.4703/2012, SCA No.4725/2012, SCA No.6105/2012, SCA No.6116/2012, SCA No.6630/2012, SCA No.6758/2012, SCA No.6907/2012, SCA No.7141/2012, SCA No.7142/2012, SCA No.7143/2012, SCA No.7144/2012, SCA No.7145/2012, SCA No.8033/2012, SCA No.8231/2012, SCA No.8754/2012, SCA No.10851/2012, SCA No.13985/2012, SCA No.15160/2012, SCA No.16657/2012 and dated 22/01/2013 in SCA No.2846/2012, SCA No.4683/2012, SCA No.4690/2012, SCA No.4691/2012, SCA No.4703/2012, SCA No.4725/2012, SCA No.6105/2012, SCA No.6116/2012, SCA No.6630/2012, SCA No.6758/2012, SCA No.6907/2012, SCA No.7141/2012, SCA No.7142/2012, SCA No.7143/2012, SCA No.7144/2012, SCA No.7145/2012, SCA No.8033/2012, SCA No.8231/2012, SCA No.8754/2012, SCA No.10851/2012, SCA No.13985/2012, SCA No.15160/2012 and SCA No.16657/2012 of The HIGH COURT OF GUJARAT AT AHMEDABAD)

STATE OF GUJARAT & ORS. Petitioner(s)

VERSUS

RELIANCE INDUSTRIES LTD. & ANR. ETC. Respondent(s)

(With appln(s) for permission to bring additional facts and documents on record and with prayer for interim relief ))

Date: 03/07/2013 These Petitions were called on for hearing today.

CORAM :

HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE R.M. LODHA HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SUDHANSU JYOTI MUKHOPADHAYA

• For Petitioner(s) Mr. L.N. Rao, Sr. Adv. Mr. M.G. Ramchandran, Sr. Adv. Ms. Hemantika Wahi,Adv. Ms. Subhada Deshpande Adv.
• For Respondent(s) Dr. Abhishek Manu Singhvi, Sr. Adv. Mr. K.R. Sasiprabhu,Adv. Mr. Gaurav Mitra, Adv. Mr. Rajat Nair, Adv.

Mr. C.A. Sundram, Sr. Adv. Ms. Neha Nagpal, Adv. Mr. Anuj Trivedi, Adv. Mr. Mahesh Agarwal, Adv. Mr. Rishi Agrawala, Adv. Mr. E.C. Agrawala ,Adv Mr. Ankur Saigal, Adv.

M/S. Khaitan & Co.

UPON hearing counsel the Court made the following O R D E R

Hearing expedited. During the pendency of the Appeals the operation of the impugned judgment of the High Court shall remain stayed. It will be open to the appellants to determine the cess under the Gujarat Green Cess Act, 2011 and raise demand on the respondents. However, such demand shall not be enforced against the respondents until disposal of the Appeals. Moreover, determination of

such cess shall be subject to the final decision in the Appeals.

|Court Master | |Court Master |

|(Rajesh Dham) | |(Renu Diwan) |