Supreme Court of India

Western States Trading Co. Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income Tax, Central Calcutta

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Reported as [1971] 3 S.C.R. 383
Bench J.C. Shah J.
Decided 18 January 1971

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What the Court ordered

In the result the appeals are allowed with costs in this Court F and the decision of the Hfgh Court is set aside only with regard to questions 1 and 2, the answers to which are returned as already indicated.

Judgment, page 6

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