Supreme Court of India

Dy. Commissioner of Sales Tax (law), Board of Revenue(taxes,) Ernakulam v. Coco Fibres

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Reported as [1990] SUPP. 3 S.C.R. 419
Bench Kuldip Singh J.
Decided 4 December 1990

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What the Court ordered

We hold that the coconut fibre is commercially a different identifiable commodity known as such in the commercial parlance.

Judgment, page 4

From the headnote

Kera/a General Sales Tax Act: Section 5A-'Coconut husk'­ Whether coconut fibre a separate identity from 'Coconut husk'. The assessee is a registered dealer under the Kerala General Sales Tax Act. In its retnrn of taxable turnover, the assessee excluded the value of coconut husks purchased and converted into coconut fibre on the ground that there was no manufacturing process involved in making fibre from coconnt busk. The Sales .Tax Officer as well as the Appellate Authority negatived the assessee's claim. The Sales Tax Appellate Tribnnal however, allowed the assessee's revision, and the High

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