Expensive petrol-diesel is expected to provide some relief to troubled drivers. Ahead of the third phase of West Bengal Assembly elections, Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan hinted in Kolkata that the price of fuel and cooking gas may still fall in the coming days.

High Court seeks reply on hit / expensive petrol, issues notices to oil companies and petroleum ministry

The court has issued notice on the hearing of the petition

The Ministry of Petroleum and oil companies are in favor of this

Petrol-diesel will be cheaper by Rs 5 to 6

The court has issued notice on the hearing of the petition

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The court asked whether an additional tax of one per cent could be levied on diesel-petrol mixed with ethanol. The Jabal Bench of the High Court, headed by Chief Justice Mohammad Rafique and Justice Vijaykumar Shukla, had issued notice on the application during the hearing of the public interest litigation.

A double bench of Chief Justice and Vijaykumar Shukla heard the case

In fact the rising prices of diesel and petrol were challenged in the Jabalpur High Court. In a public interest litigation, Manish Sharma, convener of Citizen Consumer Forum Jabalpur, has argued that the government had made it a rule to levy percentage tax on ethanol blended diesel-petrol. It is being taxed at 51 per cent. The matter was heard in a double bench of Chief Justice and Vijaykumar Shukla.