Rajasthan cement firms to pay 24% interest as royalty, India
The Supreme Court has directed the six cement producers of Rajasthan to pay 24% interest to the state government as royalty due on lime stone from 1996 onwards.
The cement producers are: JK Synthetic, Birla Corporation , JK Udaipur Udyog , JK Corporation and Shree Cement .
A three-member bench of headed by justice R V Raveendran partly allowed the plea of the state government, challenging orders of the Rajasthan high court which had set aside its direction and fixed 12% as interest rate.
"From February 17, 1992 to the date of dismissal (1996) of the respective writ petition (challenging the notification dated 17.2.1992), the rate of interest shall be 18% per annum on the arrears of royalty and from the date of dismissal of the writ petition till date of payment the rate of interest shall be 24% per annum," the bench said.
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