Auro Mira Bio Energy Madurati Ltd vs. The State Of Tamil Nadu& Ors.

COURT NO.3

SUPREME COURT OF INDIA RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS

Petition(s) for Special Leave to Appeal (C) No(s). 24685-24719/2012

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M/S SRI KRISHNA ALLOYS ETC.

VERSUS

UNION OF INDIA AND ORS. ETC.

WITH

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Date : 06-09-2018	These petitions were called on for hearing<br>today.
CORAM :	HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE MADAN B. LOKUR<br>HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE S. ABDUL NAZEER<br>HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE DEEPAK GUPTA
For Petitioner(s)	Mr. C.A. Sundaram, Sr. Adv.<br>Mr. Sanjiv Sen, Sr. Adv.<br>Mr. Sameer Parekh, Adv.<br>Ms. Rukhmani Bobde, Adv.<br>Ms. Rohini Musa, Adv.<br>Mr. Zafar Inayat, Adv.<br>Ms. Swati Bhardwaj, Adv.<br>Ms. Aishwarya Dash, Adv.<br>Ms. Tanya Chaudhary, Adv.<br>for M/S.<br>Parekh & Co.<br>Mr. N.L. Rajah, Sr. Adv.<br>Mr. Arvind P. Datar, Sr. Adv.<br>Ms. Asmita Singh, Adv.<br>Mr. Gautam Narayan, AOR<br>Mr. Sundaram, Adv.<br>Mr. Darpan K.M., Adv.<br>Mr. Partha Sarthy, Adv.<br>Mr. Hetu Arora Sethi, AOR<br>Mr. K. K. Mani, AOR<br>Ms. T. Archana, Adv.<br>Mr. Baij Nath Patel, Adv.<br>Mr. T. R. B. Sivakumar, AOR<br>Mr. P.B. Suresh, Adv.<br>Mr. Vipin Nair, AOR<br>Mr. Vikrant Yadav, Adv.<br>Mr. Anshuman Bahadur, Adv.<br>Mr. Karthik Jayashankar, Adv.

Mr. K.S. Mahadevan, Adv. Mr. Rajesh Kumar, AOR Mr. Krishna Kumar R.S., Adv. Ms. Swati Bansal, Adv. Mr. N.L. Rajah, Sr. Adv. Mr. K. V. Mohan, AOR Mr. K.V. Balakrishnan, Adv. Mr. Vishnu Sharma, AOR Mr. V. Giri, Sr. Adv. Mr. Anil Kaushik, Adv. Mr. Abhishek Mishra, Adv. Mr. Akash Bhardwaj, Adv. Ms. Arunima Dwivedi, AOR Mr. S. Nagamuthu, Adv. Mr. M.P. Parthibava, Adv. Mr. S. Gowthaman, AOR Mr. E. C. Agrawala, AOR Mr. S. Hari Haran, Adv. Mr. Vikash Singh, AOR Mr. Shakil Ahmed Syed, AOR Mohd. Parvez Dabas, Adv. Mr. Daanish Ahmad Syed, Adv. Mr. Uzmi Jameel Husain, Adv. Mr. Pulkit Chandra, Adv. Mr. Mohan Parasaran, Sr. Adv. Mr. Senthil Jagadeesan, AOR Ms. Sonakshi Malhan, Adv. Ms. Suriti Chowdhary, Adv. Mr. Mrinal Kanwar, Adv. Mr. Mohan Parasaran, Sr. Adv. Mr. Nikhil Swami, Adv. Ms. Divya Swami, Adv. Mrs. Prabha Swami, AOR Mr. Ragunath, Adv. Mr. Vijay Kumar, AOR For Respondent(s) Ms. Pinky Anand, ASG Mr. V. Balaji, Adv. Ms. Liz Mathew, Adv. Ms. Kirti Dua, Adv. Ms. Saudamini Sharma, Adv. Mr. G.S. Makker, AOR

Mr. B. Vinodh Khanna, Adv. Mr. A. Sriram, Adv. Mr. Anirudh Gupta, Adv. Mr. B. Balaji, AOR Mr. T. R. B. Sivakumar, AOR Mr. Rajesh Singh, AOR

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

We have heard learned counsel for the parties.

One of the proposals advanced by Mr. C.A. Sundaram, learned senior counsel on behalf of his clients is that the exemption notification may be revoked and the tax on consumption of electricity may be levied with prospective effect.

He further says that as far as his clients are concerned, they will not press any further issue in this regard.

Some of the other learned counsel say that they would like to argue the matter particularly on the issue of promissory estoppel and incompetency to levy the tax on maximum demand charges rather than actual consumption of electricity.

It is stated that learned senior counsel for the State of Tamil Nadu is not well and has not come to the Court therefore we adjourn the matter to 11.09.2018.

On that date, we would like the Secretary in the Energy Department of the Government of Tamil Nadu to be present so that a decision can be taken during the course of the day rather than to adjourn the matter.

(MEENAKSHI KOHLI) (KAILASH CHANDER)

COURT MASTER ASSISTANT REGISTRAR

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