Supreme Court of India

Bengal Timber Trading Co. Ltd. v. Commissioner of Sales Tax, Madhya Pradesh

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Reported as [1967] 2 S.C.R. 547
Bench K. Subba Rao J.
Decided 1 February 1967

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What the Court ordered

In the result, it must be held that the sales in these cases were covered by the Explanation to Art. 286 (!) and as such not taxable by the State of Madhya Pradesh.

Judgment, page 11

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