M/S Jain Distillery Private Limited vs State Of U.P. And 5 Others on 28 September, 2021
"2. It is settled by the decision of this Court in Synthetics and Chemicals Ltd. v. State of U.P., (1990) 1 SCC 109 that the State Legislature has no jurisdiction to levy any excise duty on rectified spirit. The State can levy excise duty only on potable liquor fit for human consumption and as rectified spirit does not fall under that category the State Legislature cannot impose any excise duty.