Reliance Industries Ltd. vs State Of Gujarat on 16 April, 2020
92. We may clarify that in Mohit Mineral Pvt. Ltd. (supra), the challenge was to the imposition of the compensation cess under the Goods & Services Tax (Compensation to States) Act, 2017 on the ground of lack legislative competence. The Union defended such levy by relying upon Article 246A of the Page 83 of 152 Downloaded on : Thu Apr 16 20:51:12 IST 2020 C/SCA/14206/2018 CAV JUDGMENT Constitution. Cess was imposed on the Goods & Services Tax itself and its validity was upheld by the Supreme Court. Mr. Soparkar invited our attention to few distinguishing features of the said case with the facts of the present case. In our opinion, the distinguishing features are quite relevant.