Supreme Court of India

Bharat Steel Tubes Ltd. & Anr. v. State of Haryana & Anr.

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Reported as [1988] 3 S.C.R. 895
Bench R.S. Pathak, Ranganath Misra and M.M. Dutt JJ.
Decided 4 May 1988

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What the Court ordered

We are of the opinion that such a notice is not a statutory prescription, we do not intend to say anything more about it as judicial propriety would require a larger bench of the Court to examine the correctness of the view in the Indian Aluminium case.

Judgment, page 9

From the headnote

Haryana General Sales Tax Act, 1973: Sections 25, 28 and 28A: Punjab General Sales Tax Act, 1948: Section 11(3): Sales Tax­ Assessment-When complete-When no statutory period fixed­ Necessityfor assessment to be completed expeditiously-Within reason- able period_.:._What is reasonable period-Depeniient on facts of case­ Best judgment assessment-Prior notice to dealer by assessing authority-Whether necessary-Question left open. The petitioners are a public limited company and its General Manager (Legal). The Company was a manufacturer of electric resis­ tence, welded steel tubes and pipes, and

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