No Export Duty on Clearances to SEZ - Supreme Court Confirms
WHILE reporting the Gujarat High Court judgement in the Essar Steel case – , DDT had observed, In a landmark judgement the Gujarat High Court has with high erudition and lucidity explained the concepts and demolished every theory advanced by Revenue. Wonder why the highly intelligent Revenue officers can't think like this?
The moot question for consideration before the High Court was whether the levy of export duty on goods supplied from the Domestic Tariff Area to the Special Economic Zone is justified under law .
DDT also predicted, This, by no means, is the end of the story – the Government will take the matter to the Supreme Court. (it doesn't need great abilities of prediction).
And the Government filed delayed SLPs in the Supreme Court. The Apex Court condoned the delay but dismissed the SLPs, on 12.07.2010.
At least now the Government should quickly accept the order of the highest Court in the Country and communicate the fact to the field formations so that tons of litigation can be closed. Writ petitions on this issue are pending in almost every High Court in the country. It is time we end some of these useless litigation.