Supreme Court of India

Thiru Manickam and Co. v. The State of Tamil Nadu

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Reported as [1977] 1 S.C.R. 950
Bench Hans Raj Khanna J.
Decided 26 October 1976

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What the Court ordered

We are of the view that the appellant-firm is entitled to be paid the amount of sales tax levied under the State Act in respect of the goods sold by it in the course of inter-State trade provided the appellant has paid the sales tax under the Central Act in respect of thooe sales.

Judgment, page 7

From the headnote

DR. R. . NAJIAH AND ORS. Central Sales Tax .Act, 1956-S. 15(b)-Scope of-Assessee bought dec­ lared goods and paid State sales tax-Sq/e by way of inter-state Safe-If en- titled to refund of state sales tax. • Interpretation "refund" meaning of-Subsequem amendment of section-If could be used to interpret earlier ambiguous provision. Section 15(a) of the Central Sales Tax Act, 1956 as it existed at.the rele­ vant time enacted that tax in respect of any sale or purchase of declared goods ~nside the State shall not be levied at more thim one stage. According to cl. (b) 1f these goods were

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