India's Supreme Court upholds denial of concessional diesel to Vedanta
Change
India's Supreme Court upheld a Bombay High Court ruling that Vedanta cannot purchase high-speed diesel at the 2% concessional central rate using Form C because it used the fuel beyond mining — including resale to transporters and private parties — and its dealer registration under the Central Sales Tax Act was treated as infructuous.
Why it matters
Companies that divert or resell diesel beyond running and maintenance of mining machinery are now blocked from claiming concessional central-rate treatment and will face full local value added tax (VAT). Procurement and documentation practices must be tightened to ensure fuel use and registration status meet the narrow statutory scope for concessional supplies.
Implications
- — Procurement teams at mining and mineral-processing companies must segregate diesel procurement and allocate concessional-rate supplies only to machinery running and maintenance, or they will be denied Form C and charged full local value added tax (VAT).
- — Tax and compliance teams at mining and mineral-processing companies must confirm and, if necessary, restore a valid dealer registration under the Central Sales Tax Act and state VAT registrations before claiming Form C, or tax authorities will treat their registration as infructuous and refuse concessional treatment.
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Economic Times
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