RANCHI, India, Jan. 27 -- Jharkhand High Court issued the following order on Jan. 5:
1. In the present batch of writ petitions, the petitioners have challenged the vires and validity of Sections 2 and 3 of the Jharkhand Electricity Duty (Amendment) Act, 2021 (Jharkhand Act No.05 of 2021) (hereinafter to be referred as 1st Amendment Act, 2021) notified in the Extraordinary Edition of Jharkhand Gazette published by the Government of Jharkhand on 07.07.2021. The petitioners have also challenged the vires of the Jharkhand Electricity Duty (Amendment) Rules, 2021 (hereinafter referred as the Rules, 2021) notified in the Extraordinary Edition of Jharkhand Gazette published by the Government of Jharkhand on 01.04.2022. Some of the writ petitioner...