Supreme Court Dismisses State's Appeal in Electricity Duty Exemption Case for Charitable Educational Institutions. The Court upheld the High Court's decision that charitable education institutions registered under the Maharashtra Public Trusts Act, 1950 are exempt from payment of electricity duty under Section 3(2)(iii) of the Maharashtra Electricity Duty Act, 2016, interpreting the provision to avoid absurdity and uphold Article 14 of the Constitution....
The dispute arose from the State of Maharashtra's appeal against a High Court judgment that exempted charitable educational institutions from payment of electricity duty under the Maharashtra Electric...
