Shri. Sanjay Bodke v. State Of Maharashtra, Through Principal Secretary, Home (State Excise) Dept And ORS
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY
CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION Writ Petition NO. 6571 OF 2014 Shri. Sanjay Bodke
...Petitioner(s)
Versus
State Of Maharashtra, Through Principal Secretary, Home (state Excise) Dept And Ors
...Respondent(s)
WITH Writ Petition NO. 6793 OF 2014 Precious Alco And Petro India Private Limited
...Petitioner(s)
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State Of Maharashtra, Through Principal Secretary, Home (state Excise) Dept And Ors
...Respondent(s)
WITH Writ Petition NO. 8075 OF 2015 M/s. Balaji Amines Limited
...Petitioner(s)
Versus
The State Of Maharashtra Through Principal Secretary And Ors.
...Respondent(s)
Mr. V.R. Salokhe a/w Mr. Ramesh Lad I/by Mr.D.B. Sawant for the Petitioners.
Mr. C.R. Yadav, AGP for the Respondents-State. CORAM : SHANTANU KEMKAR & M.S. KARNIK, JJ.
DATE :
APRIL 06, 2018 P.C.:
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Parties through their counsel.
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It is not in dispute that the question involved in these Petitions is covered by the Judgment passed by the Division Bench of this Court in various Writ Petitions including Writ Petition No. 8548 of 2004 in the case of M/s. Arss Biofuel Pvt. Ltd. vs. State of Maharashtra and Ors. decided on 13 th December, 2017.
3.
In the circumstances, for the reasons stated in the judgment passed in the case of M/s. Arss Biofuel Pvt. Ltd. (supra) these Writ Petitions are disposed of in terms of the order which reads thus :
"(a) The Bombay Denatured Spirit Rules, 1959 to the extent that they regulate the possession, use, sale, import, export and transport of denatured spirit viz. Rules 23 to 62 are ultra vires and unconstitutional and are struck down. (b) There shall be no licence required under the Maharashtra Prohibition Act for sale, purchase, transport, possession, storage, dehydration, import and export of denatured spirit.
(c) We hereby clarify that the power of the State Government in the case of rectified spirit supplied for industrial purposes is only to see and ensure that rectified spirit, whether in the course of its manufacture or after its manufacture, is not diverted or misused for potable purpose. The State can make necessary regulations 2/3
requiring the industry to submit periodical statements of raw material and the finished product (rectified spirits) and is entitled to verify their correctness.
(d) The Writ Petitions are made absolute on the above terms with no order as to costs."
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Rule made absolute in the aforesaid terms.
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