Published on : 02 Oct 2025, 5:16 am 3 min read

The Bombay High Court recently set aside demand notices of over ₹236 crore issued by Water Resources (Irrigation Department) against United Spirits Limited towards water charges for the water taken from Godavari river for its liquor manufacturing unit [United Spirits & Anr. vs. State of Maharashtra & Ors.] .

A Division Bench of Justices Manish Pitale and YG Khobragade held that the authorities wrongly treated the entire water taken by the company from Godavari as raw material for the liquor unit.

The Court ruled that while the Maharashtra Water Resources Regulatory Authority (MWRRA) tariff orders of 2018 and 2022 were not unconstitutional, the authorities had failed to conduct the necessary exercise of determining how much w

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