Supreme Court of India

Commissioner of Sales-tax, U.P. v. Mangal Sen Shyam Lal

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Reported as [1975] SUPP. 1 S.C.R. 58
Bench V. R. Krishna Iyer, R. S. Sarkaria and A.C. Gupta JJ.
Decided 2 April 1975

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What the Court ordered

We are of the opinion that the date of service of the order complained of, on the revision­ applicant, is the starting point ·of limitation within the contemplation of s.10(3-B) of the Act.

Judgment, page 9

From the headnote

U.P. Sales Tox Act, 1948-Sectlon 10(3) and 10(3- ) period of limitation for filing revision by the Commissioner. Interpretation of Statute-Whether scheme of the Act and rule can be taken into consideration in interpreting the Act-Whether provision of an Act can be construed on lhe analogy of another Act not pari materia. The respondent, a dealer, was assessed in July, 1948. In January, 1960, the SaJes Tax Officer wrote a letter to the Sales Tax Commissioner pointing out a mistake which had crept in the order of assessment. In April 1960, the Commissioner filed a Revision Application under s.

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