Supreme Court of India

Ghanshyam Das v. Regional Assistant Commissioner of Sales Tax, Nagpur

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Reported as [1964] 4 S.C.R. 436
Bench S.K. Das J.
Decided 16 August 1963

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What the Court ordered

We hold that a statutory obli­ gation to make a return within a prescribed time does not proprio vigore initiate the assessment proceedings be­ fore the Commissioner; but the proceedings would com­ mence after the return was submitted and would continue till a final order of assessment was made in regard to the said return.

Judgment, page 18

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