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Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Cess Act, 1977

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U.P. POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD AND ORS.versusKANORIA INDUSTRIAL LTD. AND ANR.

2001 INSC 46Dismissed

The respondents, owners of sugar and distillery units, were levied water cess under the Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Cess Act, 1977 and paid it under protest. After the Supreme Court in Saraswati Sugar Mills v. Haryana State Board held that sugar industries were not covered by Entry …

A.P. POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD-IIversusPROF. M.V. NAYUDU (RETD.) AND ORS.

2000 INSC 564Appeal(s) allowed

The Supreme Court examined whether the Andhra Pradesh Government could lawfully exempt a hazardous vegetable‑oil industry from a statutory 10‑km prohibition around the Osman Sagar and Himayat Sagar reservoirs, which supply drinking water to Hyderabad and Secunderabad. The State had issued GO 153 …