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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <head> </head>  <body> <div style="font-family:Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size:12px; text-align:justify"> <table width="800" border="0" style="border:1px solid #ccc;padding:5px;" align="center" cellpadding="6" cellspacing="0">  <tr>   <td align="left" valign="top">   <br />   Supreme Court <br /><br /> Larger amount of fee not excessive given passage of time<br /><br /> MANU/SC/0854/2015 - (12 Aug 2015)<br /><br />  </td>  </tr>    <tr>   <td align="left" valign="top">Kalyan Chemicals v. Government of A.P. and Ors.</td>  </tr>    <tr>   <td align="left" valign="top" style="background-color:#FDEDCE"><strong>The Supreme Court rejected the claim that collection of a gallonage fee by state at the rate of Re.1 per bulk litre was illegal, arbitrary and without justification in the non-rendering of any service. It added, the state had the authority to impose the fee retrospectively, and in its determination found Re.1 per bulk litre to be reasonable and not excessive.</strong></td>  </tr>  <tr>   <td align="left" valign="top" ><strong>Relevant : Synthetics and Chemicals Limited v. State of U.P. <manuid>MANU/SC/0595/1989</manuid>
Vam Organics Chemicals Ltd. v. State of U.P. <manuid>MANU/SC/1076/1997</manuid></strong></td>  </tr>   <tr>   <td align="left" valign="top" ><strong>Tags : excise, fee, excessive, passage of time</strong></td>  </tr> <tr>   <td align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</td>  </tr>  <tr>      <td align="left" valign="top"><strong>Source : newsroom.manupatra.com</strong></td>  </tr> <tr>   <td align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</td>  </tr>  <tr>   <td align="left" valign="top">Regards</td>  </tr>  <tr>   <td align="left" valign="top">Team Manupatra</td>  </tr>  <tr>   <td align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</td>  </tr>   </table> </div> </body> </html>