Aravind Ltd. v. Union of India
Case brief
What is this about?
Status/disposal record only: Madras High Court (Neutral Citation 2025:MHC:469) dismissed for non-prosecution on 19.02.2025 the writ petition W.P.No.27649 of 2008 (registered 2008) filed by Arvind Limited against the Union of India, the Secretary, Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenues), the Commissioner of Service Tax, Chennai, and twenty other respondents, which challenged Sections 65(90a) and 65(105)(zzzz) and Section 66 of the Finance Act, 1994 (as amended by the Finance Act, 2007 and Finance Act, 2008), Notification No.24/2007 dated 22.05.2007 and Circular No.98/I/2008-ST dated 04.01.2008 as null and void, ultra vires and violative of Article 14, invoking Article 226. No merits adjudication, no ratio, no quantum; usable only to trace the litigation history of this service-tax-related challenge.
What did the court decide?
None – writ petition dismissed for non-prosecution; no costs; connected miscellaneous petition closed.