Supreme Court of India

State of Madhya Pradesh and Ors. v. Home Decorators and Finance (pvt.) Ltd. and Anr.

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Reported as [1990] 2 S.C.R. 1000
Bench B.C. Ray, A.M. Ahmadi and P.B. Sawant JJ.
Decided 3 May 1990

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The (Madhya Pradesh) Entertainments Duty (And Advertisement Tax) Act. 1936. Organisation of entertainment programmes under an ostensible savings scheme-Entry open to members of scheme on payment of non-refundable admission fee of Rs.2 and refundable mem- ;... bership subscription of Rs. JO-Membership cards and money receipts collected from the persons at the time of entry to programme-No performances staged for members in future-Held issue of cards amounted to sale of tickets and hence liable to entertainment duty. ........ _ ' ) The respondents organised two music programmes by formulat- ing

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