Supreme Court of India

Sri Venkateswara Rice, Ginling & Groundnut Oil Mill Contractors Co. & Ors. v. State of Andhra Pradesh & Ors.

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Reported as [1972] 1 S.C.R. 346
Bench K. S. Hegde and A. N. Grover JJ.
Decided 23 August 1971

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Andhra Prad""h General Sales Tax Act, 1956, Sch. Ill, item 6, and Central Sales Tax Act (74 of 1956), ss. 14 and 15-Purchase of ground­ nut by mUlers-Used for extracting oil and re-sale-Liability to purchase tax. Practice and Procedure-Division Bench of High Court ignoring earlier decision oj q,nother Division Bench-Propriety. Under ss. 14 and 15 of the Central Sales Tax Act, 1956, groundnut is one of the 'declared goods' and a State is not empowered to levy purchase tax of more than 3 % on the turnover, and further the tax cannot be levied at more than one stage. Under s .. 6 of the Andhra

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