Supreme Court of India

State of Punjab v. M/s. Jullunder Vegetables Syndicate

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Reported as [1966] 2 S.C.R. 457
Bench K. Subba Rao, J. C. Shah and S. M. Srkri JJ.
Decided 1 November 1965

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What the Court ordered

We hold that the High Court was right in holding that the assessment order on the dissolved firm could not be supported under the provisions of the Act.

Judgment, page 8

From the headnote

East Punjab General Sales Tax Act ( 46 of 1948), s. 16 and Eau Punjab General Sales Tax Rules, 1949, r. 40-Assessment of dissolved firm lVith respect to hs predissolution turnover-Validity. The respondent firm was assessed to sales-tax in 1953 but th_e order was set aside by the Financial· commissioner, because, the authority ~ho made the assessment had no jurisdiction to do so. Fresh proceedings were then started for assessment, but the respondent firm was dissolved before the proceedings were initiated. The Sales-tax Officer however made the assessment. The turnover and tax were reduced on

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