Supreme Court of India

The Tata Iron & Steel Co. Ltd. v. The State of Bihar

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Reported as [1958] 1 S.C.R. 1355
Bench Sudhi Ranjan Das J.
Decided 19 February 1958

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Sales Tax-Provincial legislation imposing tax in certain cir­ cumstances-Validity-Power of Provincial Legislature-Retros­ pective levy, legality of-Theory of territorial nexus, if applicable -Bihar Sales Tax Act, 1947 (No. XIX of 1947) as amended by Bihar Sales Tax (Amendment) Act, 1948 (VI of 1949), ss .. 4(1), 2(g). The appellant company, carrying on business as manufacturer of iron and steel, with its factory and works ·at J amshedpur in Bihar, was assessed to sales tax for two periods prior to the Con­ stitution, under the Bihar Sales Tax Act, 1947 (No. XIX of 1947). enacted by the Bihar

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