Supreme Court of India

Commissioner of Income-tax, Madhya Pradesh Etc.. v. M/s. Straw Products Ltd., Bhopal

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Reported as [1966] 2 S.C.R. 881
Decided 3 December 1965

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What the Court ordered

In the result, the appeals are accepted, the judgment of the High Court set aside and the ques­ tion answered as indicated above.

Judgment, page 10

From the headnote

Taxation Laws (Merged States Removal of Difficulties) Order, 1949 Paragraph 2 as amended by Taxation Laws (Merged States) (Removaf of Difficulties) (Amendment) Order l'i62-Explanation added to Para­ g'rcph 2-Meaning of term "depreciation actually allott',ed" retrospective ly amended by Explanation-Effect and validity of 1962 Order. The respondent company, incorporated in 1939 in the erstwhile State of Bhopal, was exempted under an agreement with the Ruler from taxa­ tion under the Bhopal Income-tax Act for a period of ten years which ended on October 31, 1948. After the merger of the State

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