Srinagar, Oct 30, Oct. 31 -- The High Court of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh has struck down provisions of the Jammu and Kashmir Water Resources (Regulation and Management) Act, 2010, insofar as they impose water-usage charges on hydropower projects, holding that the levy amounted to a tax on electricity generation beyond the legislative competence of the erstwhile state legislature. A Division Bench comprising Justice Rajnesh Oswal and Justice Sanjay Dhar allowed a batch of petitions filed by independent power producers challenging the statutory provisions and demand notices issued for recovery of water-usage charges.The court quashed the consequential demand notices against the petitioners and restrained the government from imposing any ...