VAT on petrol and diesel: Transport firms file petition, HC issues notice to Centre, Punjab

THE PUNJAB and Haryana High Court on Thursday issued a notice to the Centre and Punjab in a petition filed by a group of transport companies against the hike in excise duties and VAT on petrol and diesel. The notice was also issued to the Petroleum and Natural Gas Regulatory Board, GST Council and various fuel companies. The division bench of Justices Ajay Tiwari and Jasgurpreet Singh issued the notice to the parties for August 13 in the case filed by New Prince Carrying Corporation and seven others from Amritsar through advocates Piyush Kant Jain and Viren Jain.