Private and Public Companies Must Be Treated Equally for Excise Licence Fee Exemptions: Calcutta High Court
The Calcutta High Court delivered an important judgment while deciding an appeal filed by the State of West Bengal against New Kenilworth Hotel Private Limited and Others. The case was heard by a Division Bench comprising Justice Sabyasachi Bhattacharyya and Justice Supratim Bhattacharya. The dispute arose out of demands raised by the Excise Department against New Kenilworth Hotel Private Limited, a Kolkata-based hotel running licensed bars, for alleged change in…
